WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.240 --> 00:00:05.080 Welcome to Katy r h Garden Line with skimp Rickard. 2 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:20.559 It's crazy trip just watching as well, so. 3 00:00:20.679 --> 00:00:22.679 Many good things to super busy. 4 00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:44.359 Not a sorry gas the sun beamon between Well, good 5 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:49.359 morning and welcome to garden Line. We are happy you're 6 00:00:49.399 --> 00:00:52.479 here today and looking forward to talking gardening. That's what 7 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:55.039 we do, and we talk about the things that you're 8 00:00:55.079 --> 00:00:57.799 interested in. I know I can say a lot of 9 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:00.640 comments based on questions I get during the week. I've 10 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:03.359 certainly been through this a few seasons myself, so I 11 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:06.719 kind of know the things we're dealing with here. But 12 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:09.760 at the same time, what's happened in your yard? Do 13 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:13.239 you have a question about your lawn, your trees, your flowers, 14 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:16.319 your herbs, your vegetable garden or even house plants. What 15 00:01:17.239 --> 00:01:19.359 is of interest to you. We're here to help with that. 16 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:23.000 I always like to say that gardening is a fun hobby, 17 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:25.599 and it should be and we shouldn't have to worry 18 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:27.599 about whether we're going to fail at gardening or not. 19 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:30.200 You don't fail at gardening. You can only give up, 20 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:33.239 which I hope you don't do. So, in other words, 21 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:35.879 you just try it again. Nature throws us a curve 22 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:38.799 every year. I mean this year it was two storms 23 00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:43.000 too early really to be honest, and it's been a doozy. 24 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:47.680 Last summer was incredible drought and heat. We so far, 25 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:51.560 knock on wood, have not experienced that this summer. But 26 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:54.239 that's how nature is. You never know. It can change 27 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:57.079 in a minute, and as gardeners, we just learned how 28 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:00.239 to ride with it. We know how to respond to things, 29 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:02.200 We know how to water gardens when it doesn't rain. 30 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:05.359 We are able to choose plants that want to grow 31 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:09.599 here in Southeast Texas and also choose plants that are 32 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:11.960 going to be very resilient when it comes to pests 33 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:15.280 and diseases and droughts and other things like that. And 34 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:17.080 that's kind of how we put the whole thing together. 35 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:19.080 I like to say that here on Garden Line, we 36 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:21.560 want to help you have a bountiful garden and a 37 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:26.000 beautiful landscape. That is the goal, a bountiful garden and 38 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:32.240 a very very beautiful landscape. And for example, the arbor Gate, 39 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:35.199 they are all about the same thing. You know, you 40 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:36.919 go out to the arbor Gate and talk about Beverly 41 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:39.560 and Kennon and the whole team out there, and they 42 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:42.039 have got the advice you need. They've got the plants 43 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:45.599 you need. They it's just a complete package. And if 44 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:46.960 you haven't been out there in a while, you need 45 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:49.599 to go. They're off on twenty nine to twenty just 46 00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:52.120 to the west of tom Ball, just a little distance 47 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:55.439 to the west. And the way to park there though, 48 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:57.680 is something that if you haven't heard me say it before, 49 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:00.479 I almost say it again. You turn down Trish Road, 50 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:03.800 which it is a loop that goes behind Arburgate. So 51 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:07.800 whichever way you're coming to Arburgate, when you see Trishel, 52 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:11.240 you turn turn down that road, go behind Arburgate. And 53 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:13.479 if you get to Arburgate and you didn't see it, 54 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:15.840 well there's gonna be another Trishel Road right after that 55 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:17.840 coming back in because it is a loop behind it. 56 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:20.360 The parking lot in the back is all weather. I 57 00:03:20.400 --> 00:03:22.680 mean it can range six inches and that thing is 58 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:25.479 easy to drive on, easy to walk on, and takes 59 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:27.159 you right on in there. And when you get in, 60 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:30.719 what you're going to find is a wonderland of all 61 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:33.919 kinds of plants. Every time I go there, I see 62 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:38.000 plants I'd never even grown before, never even seen before, 63 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:41.039 because they're always coming up with new things. They're always 64 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:44.960 bringing in new things and their experience helps you to 65 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:47.199 have success. So you walk in and you go, you 66 00:03:47.240 --> 00:03:48.759 know what, I've got a shady area. I need some 67 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:52.360 help with it. They can provide the palette of plants 68 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:55.240 to show you, and you choose what's appealing to you, 69 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:57.680 and then they give you the advice on what to 70 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:00.479 do about them. Maybe you bought a plant weeks ago 71 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:03.280 and you're struggling with it for whatever reason the past. 72 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:05.520 It is he who knows what. You go in and 73 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:06.879 you talk to him about it and they'll give you 74 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:09.120 advice on that, bring them a picture or whatever. It's 75 00:04:09.120 --> 00:04:14.360 a complete independent garden center package all in one there 76 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:18.040 at Arborgate, and I will promise you every time you go, 77 00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:20.160 you're going to have a good time and you are 78 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:23.120 going to find a lot of really cool stuff to 79 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:28.240 turn your garden into something that's more beautiful and more bountiful. Well, 80 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:31.279 you are listening to garden Line this morning, and since 81 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:32.959 we are a call in show, wouldn't it be a 82 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:35.439 good idea if I gave you a call in number? 83 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:39.639 I think you would seven one three two one two 84 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:42.680 five eight seven four seven one three two one two 85 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:45.800 fifty eight seventy four. Give us a call. We'll talk 86 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:49.920 about the things that are most of interest to you. Now, 87 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:53.279 these storms that we just went through have been brutal. 88 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:56.800 That we had the one a while back that wasn't 89 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:59.560 connected to a hurricane, and I mean it knocked power 90 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:03.399 out all over the place. Trees were down. Sometimes I 91 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:06.040 wonder that there's still a living tree in Houston. After 92 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:09.279 the effects of these two storms, it really wiped them out. 93 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:11.759 And then we had a hurricane barrel come through and 94 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:16.879 again lots of trees destroyed, lots of power outages and 95 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:21.480 things like that. It is important to get ready for 96 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:24.399 future storms because look, we live here on the Gulf Coast. 97 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:29.399 It's just part of hurricane season, which runs June through November. 98 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:32.240 But remember that first one wasn't even a hurricane. We 99 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:36.399 can have heavy storms that do heavy damage in any 100 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:40.240 time of the year pretty much. It is not just 101 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:43.399 part of the package here. But what you can do 102 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:47.480 is you can choose trees that are very strong, that 103 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:51.120 are not the grow fast, dye young trees that often 104 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:54.360 get sold and shouldn't that are trees that are stable, 105 00:05:54.399 --> 00:05:57.199 that have strong branches. You can train them properly, have 106 00:05:57.319 --> 00:06:01.199 people prune them, who know what they're talking about out properly, 107 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:04.240 so it gives them the best chance of all of 108 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:07.360 letting that excess wind get through the through the canopy 109 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:10.600 of the tree and yet still had that strongest possible 110 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:14.800 branch structure to do the best job possible during those storms. 111 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:18.680 And that's what Affordable Tree does. Martin Spoon Mooret Affordable Tree. 112 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:21.160 Uh you know, I I love sending people to Martin 113 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:23.040 because I know the kind of work that they do. 114 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:26.360 An Affordable Tree is there. You know, it's easy to 115 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:28.720 get a hold of them. Just seven one three six 116 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:31.720 nine nine twenty six sixty three. Let me give you 117 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:35.680 that again seven one three six nine nine two six 118 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:38.480 sixty three. If you want to go to the website, 119 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:43.040 it's also very helpful to go that route Afftree Service 120 00:06:43.199 --> 00:06:47.279 dot com. I cannot express enough the importance of proper 121 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:49.879 tree care. We got a lot of storm season and 122 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:53.160 this is one where they're predicting quite a few hurricanes 123 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:56.959 this year. Don't mess around. Get Martin out there telling 124 00:06:56.959 --> 00:06:58.879 me your guardenline listener. That helps you get toward the 125 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:01.519 front of the line, which is important because he stays 126 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:04.639 busy because he does good work that's just how that works. 127 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:07.959 People know the kind of work that Martin does. Affordable 128 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:11.240 Tree Service seven one three six nine nine two six 129 00:07:11.279 --> 00:07:16.120 sixty three, get those trees properly pruned. I drive around 130 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:20.319 town all the time, and I see hack jobs and 131 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:24.120 trees almost look like hat racks. When some of these 132 00:07:26.040 --> 00:07:29.319 uninformed let's give him the benefit of the doubt, uninformed 133 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:32.399 tree services get in there and just chop things up. 134 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:34.199 Just because you want to pick up in a chainsaw 135 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:36.240 does not make you a tree service or a tree 136 00:07:36.279 --> 00:07:40.439 specialist in any way, shape or form. You have got 137 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:43.319 to hire somebody that knows what they're doing and does 138 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:46.959 a proper job. That is very important because listen, when 139 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:50.399 you miss prune a tree severely, and you know, get 140 00:07:50.399 --> 00:07:52.920 that chainsaw in there and do a lot of very 141 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:56.480 ill advised cutting, that tree is now weakened, if not 142 00:07:56.600 --> 00:08:00.399 ruined for life. It is hard to grow your way 143 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:04.160 out of a butcher job on a tree. Well, I'm 144 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:06.160 gonna take a little break here, we'll be right back. Hey, 145 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:07.560 here's the number if you want to get on the 146 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:10.759 on the boards with Chris seven one three two one 147 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:13.560 two k T r H seven one three two one 148 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:17.720 two k T r H. I'll be right back. Would 149 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:20.199 you like to talk about today. Let's figure that out 150 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:24.519 and let's solve some problems, identify some plants. Maybe there's 151 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:27.399 some diagnosing we can do to help out. We're happy 152 00:08:27.399 --> 00:08:30.759 to do that. You know, if you go online to 153 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:35.320 my website Gardening with Skip dot com Gardening with Skip 154 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:38.559 dot com, you can find my two schedules on there, 155 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:41.159 and you will find one is called the lawn Care Schedule. 156 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:45.399 The other one is the Disease, Insect and Weed Management Schedule. 157 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:48.919 And these two schedules I've put together after a lot 158 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:52.960 of research, visiting with various kinds of specialists and entomology 159 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:56.159 and plant pathology and soul science and you name it. 160 00:08:56.639 --> 00:08:59.120 Uh And they're a wealth of information. I've got them 161 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:01.799 color coded so it's really easy to follow them along. So, 162 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:04.759 like if you're going to fertilize, let's say there's two 163 00:09:04.840 --> 00:09:08.519 rows across from January to December that tells you exactly 164 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:12.720 when to apply fertilizer. One is if you're using synthetic products, 165 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:15.919 one is if you're using organic products. And also in 166 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:19.480 there is the trace mineral supplement. Now, the trace mineral 167 00:09:19.559 --> 00:09:23.399 supplement that would be azamite. We put asmite down to 168 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:28.200 provide trace minerals that the turf needs. What is a 169 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:30.559 trace mineral, Well, you can call it a trace mineral, 170 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:33.039 you can call it a micro nutrient. Doesn't matter how 171 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:36.639 what you call it. The bottom line is it's something 172 00:09:36.639 --> 00:09:39.919 that is essential for plant growth, but in tiny amounts. 173 00:09:40.639 --> 00:09:43.519 So you know, just because it's needed in small amounts 174 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:45.639 doesn't make it essential. And the way I explain it 175 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:47.879 to people is if you could take every molecule of 176 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:50.159 zinc out of the soil, or if you could take 177 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:54.840 every molecule of you know of iron or any tiny 178 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:57.240 trace mineral out of the soil, a plant cannot grow 179 00:09:57.360 --> 00:10:01.039 because it's essential. So our goal is to make sure 180 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:03.480 the soil bank account has an adequate amount of all 181 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:07.519 these nutrients. And that's why we have asamite. Asmite is 182 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:09.879 a product that is mined out a Utah. It is 183 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:12.840 widely available through the Houston area, not a problem finding it. 184 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:15.360 You don't need to use it every time you fertilize. 185 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:17.519 You just once a year is enough and if you 186 00:10:17.559 --> 00:10:19.879 get a soil test that'll helpe guide you as well 187 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:23.320 when it comes to as might application. What is needed, 188 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:26.519 what isn't needed in those kinds of things. But the 189 00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:28.480 key thing to remember, by the way, if you want 190 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:30.679 to learn more about it, you can go to azamitetextas 191 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:33.720 dot com, azmite texts dot com find out more about it. 192 00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:36.519 But it is widely available and you should have some 193 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:39.799 on hand because you're gonna want to apply it periodically 194 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:43.200 to the soil, especially when you see certain kinds of 195 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:47.120 deficiencies there in your turf. But also on the schedule 196 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:50.639 when you're looking at it, there is aeration, there is 197 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:54.000 proper mowing that you're thinking, I need to be told 198 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:55.600 how to mow my lawn. I know how to start 199 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:57.720 a lawn more and run around. Well, this goes into 200 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:01.639 more detail than that. It talks about how high you 201 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:05.360 mow and basically the frequency and the importance of all 202 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:08.080 of that. Also, watering is on there. I've got the 203 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:11.600 historic average inches of water that a Houston lawn needs 204 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:15.559 through the year. Now historic versus what actually happens this 205 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:19.120 year are always two different things. But at least you 206 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:21.720 know that you don't have to apply an inch of 207 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:24.559 water a year, a week, every month of the year. 208 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:26.600 We just don't need that. But it kind of guides 209 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:28.720 you in that, and then there's a list of all 210 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:30.519 the different products. So you can take the schedule with 211 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:32.559 you when you go shopping and say this is the 212 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:35.000 one I want, where is it in your store? And 213 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:40.360 people can be you know, garden Center, these Hardware, Southwest Fertilizer, 214 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:42.759 the feed store, wherever you go to buy your stuff, 215 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:44.759 they're going to be able to direct you to it. 216 00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:45.000 Now. 217 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:47.679 The other schedule is the lawn pest, disease and weed 218 00:11:47.759 --> 00:11:50.799 management schedule, and the very first row on the top 219 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:56.559 of that is the insect row. So from January to December, 220 00:11:56.840 --> 00:12:00.480 what are the insects that attack our lawns? And fortunate 221 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:03.840 to not have them ail here, but from June to September, 222 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:06.919 we have various insects that can hit our lawns. And 223 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:09.240 we're in the big middle of that right now. So 224 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:12.679 we are in the season where chinchbugs and sideweb worms 225 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:16.399 can attack. Typically they the worst of them comes a 226 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:18.320 little bit later than we are now, but I mean 227 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:20.519 we are on the doorstep of it. And you can 228 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:23.159 have a chinchbug problem in your lawn at any point 229 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:26.440 in time in this season. They like hot weather, and 230 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:29.000 so what do you do about them? Look at the schedule. 231 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:34.519 The insects are all in yellow. The insect information is 232 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:36.159 all in yellow. You go to the bottom of the 233 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:39.759 page and it gives you all the controls for insects 234 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:42.399 in yellow in the box at the bottom. Do you 235 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:44.039 want to do it organically? Do you want to do 236 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:47.200 it synthetically? Do you not care? It's all there for 237 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:49.080 you to pick it out as you want it. And 238 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:53.799 when it comes to insects, especially those chinchbugs that are 239 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:57.519 you know, we're in their time of the year nitrofuss. 240 00:12:57.519 --> 00:12:59.720 Bug Out Max is a product that you put on 241 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:03.039 as granule and you spread it out. Follow the label. 242 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:06.440 Always follow the label. It is on there for a reason. 243 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:10.000 It is important. And do not believe that if a 244 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:14.320 teaspoons good, a tablespoons better follow the label. Apply it 245 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:17.120 evenly to your lawn. You water it in and it 246 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:20.200 is going to continue to provide control. It'll be it'll 247 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:22.600 knock them out within forty eight hours the pests that 248 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:25.639 you got there, but it'll continue to provide you to 249 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:29.120 control all through the summer growing season. And I trust. 250 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:32.080 Bug Out Max is easy to find around town. You're 251 00:13:32.080 --> 00:13:34.320 going to find it in places like plants for all 252 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:36.879 seasons up on two forty nine. You're going to find 253 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:39.399 it in place like plants and things out there in 254 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:43.080 Brennum or maybe aspas ace up in the woodlands. All 255 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:46.960 of those are examples of places that carry nitrofoss products. 256 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:49.600 If you'd like to give us a call here on 257 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:52.440 garden Line, the number is seven to one three two 258 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:57.519 one two k t r H seven one three two 259 00:13:57.559 --> 00:14:02.480 one two kt r H makes it easy, easy to 260 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:04.679 give us a dial and we can help you with 261 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:06.879 the kind of things you're interested in. I want to 262 00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:09.000 talk a little bit about some of the issues that 263 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:11.159 we're having. First of all, we've had quite a bit 264 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:13.639 of rain, a lot of rain. As a matter of fact, 265 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:16.960 when we had a lot of rain, we see in 266 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:20.639 our lawns an increase in gray leaf spot in this 267 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:25.000 summer season. A gray leaf spot is a disease that 268 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:28.360 you notice it from a distance, is like the grass 269 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:31.200 is yellowing. Then you get up close and you know 270 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:35.320 these spots on those grass blades, the yellow grass blades, 271 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:39.399 and gray leaf spot is best if treated promptly. You 272 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:42.720 can certainly have something in the turf that's preventing it. 273 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:45.200 Some of the systemic type products that are in the 274 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:49.200 turf prevented. But anything we can do to minimize the 275 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:53.159 frequency and the length of time that our turf is wet. 276 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:56.480 So if you have an irrigation system and you're watering 277 00:14:56.519 --> 00:15:00.559 three times a week, you need to change that. Our 278 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:03.200 turf does not need to be watered three times a week. 279 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:06.360 I've got areas of my lawn that I have watered 280 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:13.080 once this year, once in the sun once and it 281 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:15.360 w was number one. We're getting good amount of rain. 282 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:18.000 But my point is that if you've got a sprinkler 283 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:22.879 running all the time, you're probably watering too shallow, or 284 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:25.600 you've got a swamp. You're spending money on drinking water 285 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:29.120 that you don't need to be spending, and you're making 286 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:32.080 diseases really happy. And they're already pretty happy to be 287 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:34.759 living here in the Greater Houston area because of all 288 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:37.360 the rain we get and the temperatures we have and whatnot. 289 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:40.279 But watch for that gray leaf spot. Look for it 290 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:43.320 and anything you can do to brighten an area. If 291 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:46.519 we get in deep shade and you get a lot 292 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:51.120 of frequent moisture that's just constantly staying on the grass plant, 293 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:55.200 then gravy spot takes over and there are fung again, 294 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:58.240 that's on the schedule. That's on the schedule. There are 295 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:00.519 funge of sides, and there are cultural price just as 296 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:05.320 we can do to help avoid or control gray leaf spot. 297 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:07.639 But that's something you're going to be seeing right now 298 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:11.399 whenever we get into the summertime on the One of 299 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:15.320 the key cultural things we do to avoid turf issues 300 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:20.120 is number one. Don't mow too low, especially something like 301 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:23.120 Saint Augustine. You don't see golf course screens made out 302 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:26.639 of Saint Augustine. It is a wonderful grass for the 303 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:29.159 places we use. It's most shade tolerant, one of the 304 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:32.240 most shade tolerant grasses we have. But you don't want 305 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:34.320 to mow it too low. I would say two and 306 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:37.279 a half inches to three inches to three and a 307 00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:40.759 half inches is all good range for Saint Augustine. I 308 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:45.240 keep mine on the taller side, and the taller it is, 309 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:47.840 the less often you have to mow to cut off 310 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:50.200 one third of an inch one third of the leaf blade. 311 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:54.399 But anyway, avoid super low moing heights. Do not apply 312 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:57.879 excess nitrogen. You hear me talk about our slow release 313 00:16:57.919 --> 00:17:03.559 fertilizers here in the summer time, Excess nitrogen causes fast 314 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:07.480 top growth, which means you got to mowmore. It actually 315 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:10.799 creates top growth at the expense of root growth. Did 316 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:13.440 you know that when you overdo nitrogen on the lawn, 317 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:16.839 you actually have less of a root system than if 318 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:22.079 you fertilized properly. Fertilizing is good, it creates density, it 319 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:24.799 makes good green color and all of that, but don't 320 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:28.519 overdo it. That's why I like slow release fertilizers. Don't 321 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:31.960 water so frequently. The more often you water, the more 322 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:35.599 problems you have. And excess nitrogen and excess water is 323 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:38.759 one of the reasons why what used to be called 324 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:41.440 brown patch people still call it that, but the name 325 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:44.640 now is a large patch. That's one of the reasons 326 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:47.119 you see those big circles in the fall and in 327 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:51.559 the spring is we're promoting it with excess water and 328 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:55.960 excess nitrogen. Aeration is always important when you have a compot, 329 00:17:56.079 --> 00:18:01.799 when you have a compacted clay soil is very important 330 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:06.599 in order to keep the root system with plenty of 331 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:10.440 oxygen a heavy clay soil, oxygen just can't move down 332 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:12.640 in the soil. It can get very wet and there's 333 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:16.000 just no oxygen down there for roots. Aeration changes that 334 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:19.319 add some compost top dressing to it to fall down 335 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:21.799 in the hole, you create a better and better root zone. 336 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:24.519 And the better you create a root zone for your 337 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:28.079 Saint Augustine grass, the more your lawn is going to thrive. 338 00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:32.839 That's true of any plant. A plant with a very shallow, 339 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:36.599 very limited root system is going to be prone to drought. 340 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:38.440 It's going to be prone to all kinds of things 341 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:42.720 because it doesn't have the development of an extensive root 342 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:45.200 system where you can draw on it for water and 343 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:49.599 for nutrients. So aeration and compost top dressing is very important. 344 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:55.480 That also helps with promoting the microbial activity and the lawn. 345 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:59.759 And the more that we do to create optimum health 346 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:02.759 by building good soil and yes, even in an established 347 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:05.440 lawn you can build soil. You're not using a rototiller, 348 00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:10.279 but you are using aeration, compost, top dressing and other practices. 349 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:15.160 The more you minimize disease issues that you might have, 350 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:21.279 and the more you develop a deep, resilient, deep rooted, 351 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:25.720 resilient grass plant. So when you have a little drought, 352 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:28.559 you've got a better root system to withstand it. When 353 00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:31.440 a few grubs come along and chomp off a few roots, 354 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:34.960 you still have a very good, extensive root system for 355 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:38.200 that grass to thrive. That's what we're talking about. You know, 356 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:40.680 we talk here a lot about here's what you kill 357 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:43.119 that weed with, or here's what you kill that insect with, 358 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:46.240 or here's what you kill that disease with. But the 359 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:51.920 foundation is always on cultural practices, selecting plants that don't 360 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:56.599 get sick whenever possible. And right now in the industry, 361 00:19:56.759 --> 00:20:02.559 you will not find Saint Augustine de class up turf. Well, 362 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:06.359 there are a few obscure places that will sell you 363 00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:09.400 just general old time Saint Augustine that gets the virus 364 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:12.200 that can't be cured, Saint Augustine de client. But it's 365 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:15.680 been bred. Resistance has been bred into our modern Saint 366 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:18.960 Augustine varieties. Doesn't it make sense to have something that 367 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:21.519 doesn't get sick rather than going, Okay, how do I 368 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:24.839 control this problem? And that's what we aim for. When 369 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:27.759 I say cultural practice, I mean setting the plan up 370 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:30.359 for success. All Right, we're going to take a little break. Here. 371 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:32.519 Our phone number if you'd like to give Chris call, 372 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:35.559 be first up. When we come back. Seven one three 373 00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:40.039 two one two k t RH. Hey, we are here 374 00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:42.640 to talk about gardening. Whatever is of interest to you. 375 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:44.240 Feel free to give us a call if you like. 376 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:49.000 Seven one three two one two k t r H. 377 00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:51.960 Seven one three two one two k t r H. 378 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:55.839 I was discussing some principles of taking care of your 379 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:58.799 lawn and some of the issues that lawns are gonna 380 00:20:58.880 --> 00:21:02.759 have and are already this summer here in the Greater 381 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:07.160 Houston area. And whenever we start dealing with lawn problems, 382 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:10.119 we just always need to remember again just to reiterate 383 00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:14.720 cultural conditions. Cultural practices are so very important. The more 384 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:17.200 often you mow alawn, the better it looks. And think 385 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:19.160 about this if you had a head, because when you 386 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:21.759 mow alawn, what you're doing is you're hedging your lawn. 387 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:26.160 That's that's an analogy that I think helps explain how 388 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:29.119 things work in the lawn. If you have a hedge 389 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:33.000 and you were to go back and shere it twice 390 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:34.880 a year and let it grow way out, and then 391 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:37.039 you share it way back, way out, and then you 392 00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:40.000 share it way back, it would be ugly. First of all, 393 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:42.039 after you shared it, it'd be all brown and sticky. 394 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:45.279 Then it'd have to twiggy is what I'm saying. That 395 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:49.359 theo the hedge would have to regrow. You'd get these 396 00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:52.160 new shoots, it start looking good again, and then it 397 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:53.880 grows and grows, and then you share it. That would 398 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:55.640 be a horrible way to take care of a hedge. 399 00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:58.279 It would look terrible. It wouldn't be good for the plants, 400 00:21:58.319 --> 00:22:01.279 and it certainly wouldn't be good for us. Your lawn 401 00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:03.519 is similar to that. Let it grow up real, real 402 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:05.839 tall and then cut it way way back, and let 403 00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:07.759 it grow a real tall and cut it way way back. 404 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:11.440 That's stressful to the grass plant and it looks bad. 405 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:13.880 But the more often you mow the better. And so 406 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:17.200 regular mowing with a sharp mower is important. And I 407 00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:20.640 say a sharp more and you probably that probably just 408 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:24.119 kind of flies by and doesn't reregister. But that's important. 409 00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:26.000 And here's a couple of reasons why. Number one is 410 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:29.519 less strained or your lawnmower. That is important. But number two, 411 00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:32.920 when you cut grass blades with a nice sharp mower, 412 00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:36.079 it makes a nice clean cut. When your more gets 413 00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:41.319 really dull, basically it's just slashing off the end of 414 00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:45.200 the grass blade, leaving it all frayed and split. And 415 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:48.839 torn up instead of a nice clean cut scissor like cut. 416 00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:52.680 And so when you end up with that, you have 417 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:56.039 brown areas that are bigger on the end of each 418 00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:59.000 grass blade. So go with me on this just for 419 00:22:59.039 --> 00:23:02.480 one second. So if you take those brown areas and 420 00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:05.799 think of them as pixels on a screen, and you 421 00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:08.119 have the screen full of green, and then you just 422 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:11.720 fill it with about you know, twenty five percent brown pixels, 423 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:15.359 what's it going to look like? Less green? Right? You 424 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:18.359 may not notice specifically the brown, but the overall appearance 425 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:21.279 of the lawn is not as good. And when you 426 00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:24.960 multiply times a billion grass blades, it makes a difference. 427 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:28.240 So clean cut is important for several reasons, even in 428 00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:31.799 some cases for disease related reasons can be affected by that. 429 00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:35.519 So just my suggestion is keep that look more blade 430 00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:39.640 sharp and mow often. Our goal is to cut off 431 00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:41.759 a third of the grass blade every time we mow. 432 00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:44.279 So when you do that, when you mow off a 433 00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:46.759 third of the grass blade, that's a that is a 434 00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:50.599 minor shearing that the grass just gets denser and denser 435 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:52.759 and denser and looks better. And I realize when it 436 00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:55.839 rains for five days you're going to get behind. I 437 00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:58.319 have it in mind. Several times this year because of rain, 438 00:23:58.759 --> 00:24:02.000 I've bagged my clippings, which is not what I normally do. 439 00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:04.319 But I don't put them at the curb side. They're 440 00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:07.480 in garden beds, they're in garden walkways that they get 441 00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:11.119 they get sprinkled, all kinds of places where they end 442 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:15.519 up helping rely contribute to the soil by releasing those 443 00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:18.480 nutrients back into the soil. We're going to go out 444 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:21.480 to the phones now again. The number is seven one 445 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:25.039 three two one two fifty eight seventy four. We're going 446 00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:34.160 to talk to Malcolm. Hello, Malcolm, Malcolm. 447 00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.880 Oh, yes, or I am yes, I'm. 448 00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.079 Here, you know. 449 00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:37.759 Hey, good hey, good morning. 450 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.119 Hey. 451 00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:41.839 How do you get rid of chamber bitter a weed 452 00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.880 in Saint Augustine lawn? 453 00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:50.640 There are there's two approaches. One is to use a 454 00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:53.720 pre emergent product. Well, let me back up even further. 455 00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:56.319 I've been talking about cultural The denture of your lawn 456 00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:59.359 gets the less chamber better. You're going to have chamber bitter. 457 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:03.559 Like other weed seeds, needs light to germinate and establish 458 00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:06.720 a plant and a dense lawn. It's very difficult for 459 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:09.400 it to get started. Wherever sunlight hits the soil, you're 460 00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:13.079 going to see needs like chamber butter. Secondly, though, as 461 00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:16.720 a pre emergent, will prevent seeds from germinating, that would 462 00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:20.720 be another step and you need to do that. Chamber 463 00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:23.240 bitter is one to sprout a little later than a 464 00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:25.759 lot of other weeds like crabgrass is way ahead of 465 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:29.240 chamber better when it comes to when it sprouts, so 466 00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:32.160 you don't have to worry about getting your pre measure 467 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:35.880 down exactly in early to mid February. You can go 468 00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:38.799 a little bit later with it. And then sometimes a 469 00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:43.799 second application is needed, Malcolm, because any product you put 470 00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:45.920 out like that is going to break down in time, 471 00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:50.000 so maybe forty five to sixty days later a repeat 472 00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:54.839 application helpful to that. Once it's in your lawn, then 473 00:25:54.880 --> 00:26:00.000 you're talking about a post emergent broad leaf control herbicide. 474 00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:04.759 So if you can, you can ignore it and mow it. 475 00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:08.839 That's always one option. Organic gardeners and not gonna spray 476 00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:11.400 stuff on their lawn like that. They just mow and 477 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:15.480 ignore and work their way out of it by building 478 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:20.119 density over the seasons and years to come. If you 479 00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:23.279 spray with a post emergent, I would probably use something 480 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:27.160 called celsius. I talk about that a lot on garden line. 481 00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:33.279 Celsius is like the temperature celsius, and it is a 482 00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:35.480 product that you can use when the weather is a 483 00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:39.200 little warmer. A lot of the other post emergent products, 484 00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:43.079 the trimeac types of products that are often used in spring. 485 00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:47.559 In the summertime, they'll really they can damage your Saint 486 00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:50.759 Augustine lawn in hot temperature. So even with celsius, I 487 00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:52.680 would do it in the morning. But if you get 488 00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:54.880 the celsius on the leaves of the chamber Better, it's 489 00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:57.240 pretty good at controlling it. But you need to do 490 00:26:57.279 --> 00:27:00.599 it promptly because have you ever looked closely at a 491 00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:03.640 chamber Better leaf and seeing the little balls underneath the leaf? 492 00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:07.240 And I haven't really close, but no, I've got a 493 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:11.119 lot of it. I can find it. Yeah, Well, when 494 00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:14.440 you pick one, it's got that compound leaf with all 495 00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:17.799 the little leaflets going down the stalk. If you look 496 00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:21.400 underneath there along that little stem that's holding all the leaflets, 497 00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:24.160 they're little balls, and that's the flowers and seeds of 498 00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:27.359 chamber Better. So once you create a new crop, even 499 00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:29.640 if you kill the old chamber better. You just sentenced 500 00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:33.599 yourself to a season or two more of weeding, certainly 501 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:36.920 in a year or two of weeding, so prompt action 502 00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:39.359 is important, got you. 503 00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:43.440 I sure appreciate it, all right, good luck with that. 504 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.680 Appreciate that. 505 00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.440 Thanks, Thank you girl. 506 00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:49.559 I wish you bet. I wish we could eat chamber better. 507 00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:53.480 You know, they say if you can't beat him, join them. 508 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:56.200 When it comes to some weeds, if you can't beat them, 509 00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:58.119 eat him. Did you know you can eat chick weed? 510 00:27:58.559 --> 00:28:02.400 You can, sure can. There's some other weeds that you 511 00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:04.079 can eat. I'm not going to go into all those now, 512 00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:07.279 but yep, there's some edible weeds. People eat dandelions. That's 513 00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:09.759 another one. I'm not a fan of dandelions, so I 514 00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:12.680 can tell you that person lane is a weed that 515 00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:15.240 you can eat. All right, we're talking about edible weeds. 516 00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:17.519 But if you can't beat them, eat them in some cases. 517 00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:21.119 But hear me, clearly, don't eat everything in your lawn 518 00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:23.599 because there are some some weeds you do not want 519 00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:28.079 to eat as well. You're listening to garden Line. My 520 00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:31.039 phone number here is seven one three two one two 521 00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:34.960 kt r H seven to one three two one two 522 00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:41.160 kt r h the the we were talking about cultural 523 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:43.880 practices and things we do to have success, and I 524 00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:47.200 mentioned mowing and how important that is when it comes 525 00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:50.839 to our flower beds I have had. I've got some 526 00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:54.240 multiple flower beds, but there are some areas I was 527 00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:56.920 in a hurry putting it out and I sprinkled around 528 00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:59.720 and I didn't get it quite thick enough. And what 529 00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:03.480 is thick enough? Well, how deep should mulch be? What 530 00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:06.240 depends on the mult If you had let's say some 531 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:09.440 people use compost as a surface mulch, Well that's very 532 00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:12.359 fine textured and it doesn't have to be as thick 533 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:15.759 to block the light from hitting the soil surface, although 534 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:18.079 weeds will land in the compost and they'll grow, so 535 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:21.559 that's just something you have to deal with. But the 536 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:25.079 chunkier your multch gets, the thicker it needs to be 537 00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:27.880 in order to adequately block the light. And I was 538 00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:30.200 using a shredded mult was kind of in the medium 539 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:33.440 medium to find texture. But I have some thin areas 540 00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.960 and I got to go out and do some hand 541 00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:38.839 weed pulling yesterday because some sprouts had come up through 542 00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:42.200 the multch. It wasn't the mulch's fault. It was the 543 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:46.480 mulch applicator. That would be me. It's the mulch applicator's fault. 544 00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:48.319 I didn't put it thick enough. So now that I've 545 00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:51.559 pulled those what's going to happen in those areas? More 546 00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:53.279 weeds are going to sprout. I got to put more 547 00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:56.880 mulch on top. And I have heard on more than 548 00:29:56.920 --> 00:30:00.200 one occasion a collar or someone will say, well, do 549 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:02.319 I need to get that old mult out of there 550 00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:04.839 to put the fresh molts in? And I guess I 551 00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:08.039 can see how that may sound like a good idea, 552 00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:12.480 but don't do it. Think about nature. Let's follow nature's lead. 553 00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:16.519 Does do you ever see a deer in the forest 554 00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:20.039 raking all the old leaves out so that the new 555 00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:22.880 crop of leaves and fall can land on fresh soil. No, 556 00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:26.599 of course, not that that's a Gary Larson cartoon. I'd 557 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:28.200 like to have a T shirt with that on it. 558 00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:34.400 But what happens is you drop the new organic matter 559 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:37.400 on top of the old because the old is still helping, 560 00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:40.759 and the old is decomposing away and releasing nutrients into 561 00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:45.119 the soil and stimulating microbial growth and benefiting the plant. 562 00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:48.079 So just add fresh mults on top of the old malt. 563 00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:50.960 Don't rake the old stuff out. Wells time, take a 564 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:53.279 little break here. I will be back again. Our phone 565 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:55.279 number if you'd like to give a skull seven one 566 00:30:55.359 --> 00:31:00.920 three two one two fifty eight seventy four with us 567 00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:04.599 talking about all kinds of things related to lawns and 568 00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:08.160 plants and success and cultural practices and whatnot, but just 569 00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:10.440 talking about the importance of malts and the molts needs 570 00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:13.039 to be deep enough, and the kind of molts you 571 00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:15.559 put on, how chunky it is determines how deep it 572 00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:18.400 needs to be to truly block the soil surface. Well 573 00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:23.480 Landscaper's Pride has a wide variety of mults and a number 574 00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:26.440 of different mulches. One of the ones that I think 575 00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:29.279 is beautiful is their black velvet. It is not dyed. 576 00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:33.880 It is naturally dark colored, very velvety and dense. It 577 00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:36.440 does a very good job through the summertime, and I 578 00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:38.880 think it's very attractive. Don't use dye mulch, but you 579 00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:41.079 can use this one. I think that's a great one. 580 00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:43.839 They have a hardwood mults. It's shredded hardwood. You know, 581 00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:46.279 it's just part of the natural land clearing process. You 582 00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:50.400 get these hardwood materials that are shredded up. It's not 583 00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:52.839 ground palettes like some of the cheap junk you see 584 00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:56.279 on the market. Is this is true shredded hardwood. Great 585 00:31:56.799 --> 00:32:00.599 use for walkways too, for flower beds, recreational area. Then 586 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:02.839 they have pine Mark the most popular one. That's the 587 00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:07.839 one that again very very attractive, very slow to decompose, 588 00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:10.359 so you're not having to top it off as much 589 00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:13.759 because of that. And then Cedar whole Cedar logs ground 590 00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:17.079 up beautiful air aroma as it comes in, very nice, 591 00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:20.640 beautiful red color as it comes in. And then the 592 00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:24.319 Cypress multch is locally sourced Cypress logs and it's known 593 00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:26.960 for durability. It kind of when it's wet, it kind 594 00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:29.440 of stays in place very well, does a very good 595 00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:32.079 job of that. A's supposed to floating all away, very 596 00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:35.000 light in color. All from Landscaper's Pride. You can find 597 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:38.279 it everywhere in bags wherever you shop. Just go online 598 00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:42.400 to Landscaperspride dot com and find the store located there 599 00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:44.720 where you can find the ones or the places that 600 00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:47.200 are closest to you to be able to get some 601 00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:50.240 of their quality products. We're going to go now out 602 00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:53.920 to Sharon and Hello Sharon, and welcome to guard Line. 603 00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:59.079 Good morning. I have a problem. I was told it's 604 00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:03.680 box would light, uh, and it was a fungusment. And 605 00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:05.599 what what can I do about that? 606 00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:11.279 I don't need a name, but who told you that? 607 00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:13.160 Was it a landscaper or was it. 608 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:18.599 A a garden center? I just described what was going on, 609 00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:21.640 and that that's what he said he thought it was. 610 00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:26.319 It could be it could be buck boxwood light. It 611 00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:29.559 also could be other things, though, and so the only 612 00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:32.440 way to know for sure, uh, you know, if someone's 613 00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:35.759 just seeing a dead boxwood, it's hard to diagnose. That 614 00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:39.200 way is to send a sample up to the university 615 00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:42.880 UH plant clinic. There's a state plant clinic up at 616 00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:46.759 A and M. The website is Plant Clinic dot t 617 00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:49.680 A m U dot E d U t A m 618 00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:53.680 U stands for Texas and M University Plant Clinic dot 619 00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:57.440 TAMU dot E d U UH. Get dig up the boxwood, 620 00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:59.880 shake off excess soil, but don't cut off the roots. 621 00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:00.519 Uh. 622 00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:03.400 I think with something the size of boxwood, I would 623 00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:05.039 just drive it up there. You can drop it off 624 00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:07.000 at the clinic, but you can also mail it if 625 00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:09.880 you want to go that route and let them diagnose it. 626 00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:12.800 They will get it in a lab, they will culture 627 00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:15.400 it out in a Petri diish, and they'll give you 628 00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:18.239 a definitive answer of what it was that caused it. 629 00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:21.440 That way, you're not wasting time on products and money 630 00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:24.840 spending money. That may not be what you need to do. 631 00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:27.960 But box with blight is very difficult to control. I 632 00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:30.679 don't know that it has a good chemical control. I'm 633 00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:34.079 have to look, and I think once a plant has it, 634 00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:37.119 it's going to be very difficult to turn that around. 635 00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:41.559 But my suggestion would be to get a more lab 636 00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:43.280 based diagnosis. 637 00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:46.760 Okay, all right, all right, thank you so much. 638 00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:51.920 Appreciate that you pull when you see the plants and 639 00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:55.159 when you see the plants in your landscape sharing. Is 640 00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:57.800 it like here and there plants are dying or does 641 00:34:57.840 --> 00:35:00.639 it start at one spot and then the plant beside 642 00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:03.000 those get it and then the plants beside those get it. 643 00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:08.159 Yeah, It's it's like the tip of the leaf starts 644 00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:12.920 to kind of turn yellow and then it turns you know, 645 00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:17.679 it goes down the branch and it just becomes like 646 00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:23.519 hay color. And I've been cutting that part out and Uh, 647 00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:26.920 then the rest of the plant seems to be okay. 648 00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.079 Uh. 649 00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:33.719 I have I have pulled up three These are young plants. 650 00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:37.760 I planted them last year, and I pulled the plants 651 00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:42.239 up entirely and dug that soil out that they were 652 00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:46.360 in and then replanted, and those plants seem to be 653 00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:52.119 doing okay. But uh, you know it, just like not 654 00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:55.599 every single one. I have a hedge row of boxwood, 655 00:35:55.679 --> 00:36:00.639 and they're young, and just like every third or fourth 656 00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:05.679 plant will show these signs. And I was just wondering, 657 00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:08.559 you know, what I could do to stop it and 658 00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:12.039 prevent the other ones from you know, being infected. 659 00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:17.599 Yeah, well, I tell you, with the possibilities of nematodes 660 00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:22.159 and root rots and other things like that, I wouldn't 661 00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:25.480 jump to the conclusion that it's blight. And depending on 662 00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:29.159 what it is, you may or may not have control options. 663 00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:34.199 And so that's that is its best to replace. Once 664 00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:36.360 the blight is in an area, it's best to replace 665 00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:41.440 them with something else you can spread. If it were blight, 666 00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:43.599 you could spread around printing tools. If it were blight, 667 00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:48.800 you could use preventative fungicides on the ones that aren't sick. 668 00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:52.639 So that is an option, but you're gonna have to 669 00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:56.119 spray pretty often. And again, you know, I hate to 670 00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:58.400 send you out to buy something and the time and 671 00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:01.920 money applying it and everything if we're not going after 672 00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:04.599 the right thing. So that's kind of why I think 673 00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:06.719 it's since you have a lot of box woods and 674 00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:09.400 there's a lot of money tied up in that, I 675 00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:12.679 would rather get a good, accurate diagnosis and then they 676 00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:15.199 will if they when they diagnose, they will tell you 677 00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:18.800 what to do about it. And there are there are 678 00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:23.199 some resistant boxwoods to the blight, so you know that 679 00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:26.360 would be a possibility. I guess what what are. 680 00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:30.760 These are? Japanese boxwood? 681 00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:35.679 Let's see what you know what? Off the top of 682 00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:37.760 my head, I can't think of the name of a 683 00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:42.320 of a type. Oh gosh, I would have to look 684 00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:46.159 that up. I just don't know offhand. Most of the 685 00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:48.360 time what people do is they try to come up 686 00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:51.760 with a different plant that is kind of similar, Like 687 00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:56.719 dwarfyopond is somewhat similar to boxwood in terms of being 688 00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:59.079 a little shrub with small leaves and dents and some 689 00:37:59.320 --> 00:38:01.639 and stuff that that would be one of the things 690 00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:04.920 you could do. Dorothiopon doesn't seem. 691 00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:08.400 To get so much show. 692 00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:13.719 All right, thank you very much, appreciate your call. All right, 693 00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:16.159 you are listening to guard Line here. We are all 694 00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:20.360 right about to hit another another break for the news. 695 00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:23.679 I'll be back and in the meantime, if you'd like 696 00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:25.320 to give us a call, we got an open board. 697 00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:29.719 Feel free to get Chris a call. Here's a number. 698 00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:32.679 Seven one three two one two k t R eight 699 00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:36.599 seven one three two one two k t r H. 700 00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:39.599 We will be back in a moment. In the meantime, 701 00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:42.800 I did want to mention I talked about the importance 702 00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:46.079 if you've gone fertilized, the fertilizing with something that is 703 00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:50.400 that is a slow release product. And when I come 704 00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:51.960 back from break, I want to talk to you a 705 00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:55.320 little bit about that. How that works, uh, and how 706 00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:59.280 how you go about doing that. In the meantime, have 707 00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:02.000 a night, so break with me and we'll be right back. 708 00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:11.280 Welcome to kat r H Garden Line with Scarp Richter's. 709 00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:17.920 Crazy trip. 710 00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:20.840 Just watch him as. 711 00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:27.440 Many good things to see. 712 00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:41.639 Not a sign. Welcome to garden Line. Welcome back to 713 00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:43.400 the garden Line. Good to have you with us today. 714 00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:46.039 We've got plenty of things to talk about and I 715 00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:49.480 am going to jump right into this. First of all, 716 00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:52.119 I wanted to tell you a little bit about Plants 717 00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:54.719 for All Seasons, which is the garden center up there 718 00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:58.000 on two forty nine just north of Louetta. So if 719 00:39:58.000 --> 00:40:00.760 you if you exit for Luetta across over Luetta, it's 720 00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:02.599 going to be on the right hand side. I'm telling 721 00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:04.679 you this, and probably most of you know it because 722 00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:06.400 you've been there. It's one of the most popular garden 723 00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:09.400 centers we have in the greater Houston area. And the 724 00:40:09.480 --> 00:40:12.159 reason is they've been around since the nineteen seventies and 725 00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:16.400 the Flowerty family has developed a reputation of carrying the 726 00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:20.199 kinds of plants that do best here, of hiring and 727 00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:26.320 training their folks to absolutely be dependable resources of information, 728 00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:30.480 and then finally to give their customers service. If you 729 00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:33.039 come in there and you have a bug and a bag, 730 00:40:33.239 --> 00:40:35.880 or if you have a picture of a dead plant 731 00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:38.639 or whatever, they're going to be able to direct you 732 00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:41.679 to the kind of things that you need. And that's 733 00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:43.760 what you're looking for. When you go to an independent 734 00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:47.280 garden center like Plants for All Seasons, you know that 735 00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:49.880 you're going to get something that will grow here and 736 00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:52.320 advice on how to grow it here, and if something 737 00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:55.119 ever goes wrong, what to do about it. That is 738 00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:58.280 very very important. And I'm telling you to throw your 739 00:40:58.320 --> 00:41:02.159 money away at some plant that doesn't want to grow here. 740 00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:06.000 That's not going to happen. It plans for all seasons. Unfortunately, 741 00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:07.880 there are places where it does be nine Plans for 742 00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:10.320 all seasons. You can go to the website Plans for 743 00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:13.159 All Seasons dot com or give them a call to 744 00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:17.199 eight one three seven six sixteen forty six two eight 745 00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:21.239 one three seven six one six four six. We're going 746 00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:24.960 to go now out to Conroe and talk to VICKI. Hello, Vicky, 747 00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:26.119 welcome to garden. 748 00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:28.360 Line, Hie. Can you hear me? 749 00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:29.719 How can we help? 750 00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:30.280 I can? 751 00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:31.119 How can we help? 752 00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:38.679 Okay? I have a knockout rose that has the blooms 753 00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:43.239 are tiny and don't have very many peckles on them 754 00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:49.519 like they used to. Okay, and I've heard like every month. 755 00:41:51.159 --> 00:41:55.559 Any other symptoms that you're seeing, Well. 756 00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:59.280 It hasn't ever looked good since that hard freeze we had. 757 00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:01.599 Okay. 758 00:42:01.679 --> 00:42:05.440 The lower branches are pretty bare. All of the foliage 759 00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:09.079 is out on the like the upper quarter of the plant. 760 00:42:09.719 --> 00:42:13.639 Okay, And you're sure it's a knockout right for sure. 761 00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:14.800 Yeah. 762 00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:17.239 Yeah, I've had it since I you know, got it. 763 00:42:18.119 --> 00:42:19.679 It just doesn't look the same anymore. 764 00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:25.639 Yeah, well that's kind of strange. How much sunlight is 765 00:42:25.719 --> 00:42:26.320 it getting? 766 00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:29.639 Bull sides. 767 00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:41.000 Both sign when you said that the ends of the 768 00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:43.599 branches have foliage, but further down there's not. Did you 769 00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:46.760 notice that the leaves turned yellow or had spots or 770 00:42:46.760 --> 00:42:49.440 anything like that on them before they fell off? 771 00:42:53.199 --> 00:42:56.119 No, they just didn't come back after the freeze, the 772 00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:57.280 part that's down below. 773 00:42:58.960 --> 00:43:02.239 Okay, I'll tell you what what I want you to 774 00:43:02.320 --> 00:43:04.320 do is I'm gonna in second here, I'm gonna put 775 00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:07.559 you on hold and Chris will give you an email 776 00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:10.400 and if you could take some pictures of it, check 777 00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:13.039 them before you send them, make sure they're really well focused. 778 00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:17.400 But I'd like to see some branches up close, the 779 00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:20.159 bush as a whole. Let me take a look, because 780 00:43:20.159 --> 00:43:21.639 of the bush at a hole kind of shows me 781 00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:24.519 the setting that it's growing in. And let me take 782 00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:27.440 a look at that, because what you're describing shouldn't be 783 00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:30.480 happening on a knockout rows And I just want to 784 00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:33.440 see the leaves toward the end of the branch. Any 785 00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:35.800 leaves that don't look normal. I'd like to see the 786 00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:39.360 little twigs out toward the end of the branch, the 787 00:43:39.679 --> 00:43:43.280 growth that's fairly new, and so let me look at 788 00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:46.360 that and I'll get back with you then with probably 789 00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:50.800 a more accurate diagnosis, because what you're describing I haven't 790 00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:53.719 seen on knockout. So can we do that? 791 00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:57.199 Okay, sure, all right, thank. 792 00:43:57.039 --> 00:43:59.239 You, Just hang on, put your on hold. Chris will 793 00:43:59.280 --> 00:44:01.320 be with you in just a moment to give you 794 00:44:01.400 --> 00:44:04.920 that email. We're going to go back now to Pasadena, 795 00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:07.760 Texas and talk to John. 796 00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:08.480 Hello. 797 00:44:08.920 --> 00:44:11.599 Excuse me just one second. If I pushed the right button, 798 00:44:11.639 --> 00:44:14.639 We're going to talk to John. Hello, John, Welcome to 799 00:44:14.679 --> 00:44:15.119 garden Line. 800 00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:17.719 Hello, how are you this morning? 801 00:44:19.119 --> 00:44:20.440 I'm good, sir. How can I help? 802 00:44:21.880 --> 00:44:23.840 I have two. 803 00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:28.360 Citrus plants, one's of Myers lemon and the other ones 804 00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:32.920 of satsuma. On the Myers lemon, the two last freezes 805 00:44:33.199 --> 00:44:41.519 have devastated that tree, and the last one it lost 806 00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:45.960 all the leafs, all the branches died. I left it 807 00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:51.320 there for months and then finally after I trended it 808 00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:55.559 way back, I got two shoots that came off the 809 00:44:55.679 --> 00:45:01.239 bottom by the close to the ground and one shoote 810 00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:05.559 has these little, tiny, tiny leaves that came up. The 811 00:45:05.719 --> 00:45:09.599 other shoote has leaves kind of like the Mar's lemon. 812 00:45:10.599 --> 00:45:15.039 And I'm wondering if that, huh, or. 813 00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:18.239 The leaves that are tiny in groups of three as 814 00:45:18.280 --> 00:45:20.639 opposed to a Meyer lemon just has one big leaf 815 00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:23.679 or these small leaves like in groups of three. 816 00:45:24.840 --> 00:45:27.559 Well, I don't know that. I didn't look at Let 817 00:45:27.599 --> 00:45:28.199 me look at it. 818 00:45:28.360 --> 00:45:31.480 Okay, that's okay. So at the bottom of the mar 819 00:45:31.639 --> 00:45:34.519 lemon is a graft union. It's a place where the 820 00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:38.159 plant was butted, where they took a rootstock and they 821 00:45:38.239 --> 00:45:41.280 put a Meyer lemon on top of it, that rootstan. 822 00:45:41.280 --> 00:45:44.480 And I'm aware of that, so I'm thinking, go ahead. 823 00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:47.480 Yeah, I think that. I think you got a rootstock 824 00:45:47.519 --> 00:45:50.960 in those little tiny leaves. But one of the types 825 00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:55.960 of rootstock they use is called trifoliate orange because it 826 00:45:56.119 --> 00:46:01.480 has three leaves try fulliot, three foliage altogether. And I 827 00:46:01.559 --> 00:46:03.679 think that's what you're describing. You just got to print 828 00:46:03.719 --> 00:46:05.760 it out right up against where it came out, because 829 00:46:05.800 --> 00:46:08.760 it's of no use to you. If the okay, you're 830 00:46:08.840 --> 00:46:11.760 just producing normal leaves, then it sounds like you that 831 00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:14.360 is worth keeping that may still be a mere lemon. 832 00:46:15.639 --> 00:46:18.599 Yes, okay, and that's kind of what I thought. I 833 00:46:18.719 --> 00:46:21.559 thought that it came up below the graph, but I 834 00:46:21.599 --> 00:46:24.159 couldn't tell because the graphs so hard to tail on 835 00:46:24.280 --> 00:46:28.400 this lemon tree. But yeah, okay, so I can just 836 00:46:28.519 --> 00:46:32.920 cut off a little tiny leaves, sute cut it off, 837 00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:37.719 and the other one leave it fertile it to fertilize it. Huh. 838 00:46:38.760 --> 00:46:41.320 Yeah. Yeah, there's a brand new shoot and you know 839 00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:44.119 it's not got some size and woodiness to it. You 840 00:46:44.199 --> 00:46:46.119 can just grab it and break it off, pull it 841 00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:49.119 downward and it just breaks right off the stem. But 842 00:46:49.320 --> 00:46:51.440 you can also print it, but print it close, don't 843 00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:54.719 leave any nub. And as far as fertilizing, you have 844 00:46:54.800 --> 00:46:57.719 a number of different options. There are some really good 845 00:46:57.800 --> 00:47:03.320 fertilizers out there that work well for ctrus types of plants. 846 00:47:03.840 --> 00:47:06.719 H See where are you? You're done in Pasadena area? 847 00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:10.199 You got some really good ACE Hardware stores in your 848 00:47:10.239 --> 00:47:12.400 neighborhood down there. You can go to Ace Hardware dot 849 00:47:12.480 --> 00:47:15.599 com find find the ones closest. You may know where 850 00:47:15.639 --> 00:47:18.000 they are they're going to carry. They're going to carry 851 00:47:18.039 --> 00:47:22.159 stuff like from Nelson plant Food that is a citrus 852 00:47:22.400 --> 00:47:26.000 specifically fertilizer. They may have one from Nitrofuss as well 853 00:47:26.440 --> 00:47:29.480 that's designed for that or from a microlife. All three 854 00:47:29.519 --> 00:47:32.679 of those guys produce fertilizers that are very good for 855 00:47:32.920 --> 00:47:35.679 use on fruit and ceterus and those types of plants. 856 00:47:36.519 --> 00:47:39.880 Okay, we are we looking at a non an instant 857 00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:46.800 shot of fertile fertilizing, but a long term slow fertilizer 858 00:47:46.960 --> 00:47:50.719 for that plant since it's since it's trying to come back. 859 00:47:52.199 --> 00:47:54.880 Yeah, I don't worry about an instant shot yet. Just 860 00:47:54.920 --> 00:47:57.480 go ahead and put the fertilizer around it, Scratch it 861 00:47:57.639 --> 00:47:59.679 into the soil. You know, this will a little rate, 862 00:47:59.719 --> 00:48:01.800 get it the surface or down in the mulch, and 863 00:48:01.880 --> 00:48:04.519 then watered in really well and it you'll be good 864 00:48:04.559 --> 00:48:06.960 to go. I'm hitting up against a hard break here, 865 00:48:07.360 --> 00:48:10.000 but I hope that helps, uh, and I'll wish you 866 00:48:10.119 --> 00:48:13.719 well with it. All right, thank you, sir? Are all 867 00:48:13.800 --> 00:48:15.880 right time for us take a little break. I'll be 868 00:48:16.000 --> 00:48:18.320 right back phone number seven one three two one two 869 00:48:18.559 --> 00:48:24.039 fifty eight seventy four. Scott, glad you're listening today. By 870 00:48:24.079 --> 00:48:25.679 the way, thank you for listening to garden Line. It's 871 00:48:25.679 --> 00:48:28.159 always great to be able to visit with gardeners in 872 00:48:28.199 --> 00:48:30.760 the Greater Houston area, and we certainly get to do 873 00:48:30.880 --> 00:48:33.800 that every Saturday and every Sunday from six to ten am. 874 00:48:34.679 --> 00:48:35.960 Well ago I said, I was going to talk a 875 00:48:35.960 --> 00:48:38.800 little bit about slow release fertilizers and what that's all about. 876 00:48:39.119 --> 00:48:42.159 What it's about is when you take a slow release 877 00:48:42.199 --> 00:48:46.840 fertilizer such as nitrophos superturf that's their silver bag in it. 878 00:48:47.199 --> 00:48:50.760 The nitrogen in it is in more than one form, 879 00:48:51.079 --> 00:48:54.880 and so some of it gets released right away and 880 00:48:55.000 --> 00:48:58.159 then some of it gets released gradually over time. They 881 00:48:58.239 --> 00:49:00.719 can take nitrogen and put it in forms that are 882 00:49:00.760 --> 00:49:04.280 water soluble that would be float immediate release. They can 883 00:49:04.360 --> 00:49:06.559 put it in other kinds of forms. There's more than 884 00:49:06.639 --> 00:49:10.400 one option. Some of them a bacteria and microbes and 885 00:49:10.480 --> 00:49:13.800 the soil break it down and release it. There just 886 00:49:14.039 --> 00:49:16.440 is a number of mechanisms that release it. But it 887 00:49:16.559 --> 00:49:21.440 gives you a gradual feeding because your lawn feeds every day. 888 00:49:22.400 --> 00:49:26.000 Every day, the lawn is taking up nutrients and small 889 00:49:26.039 --> 00:49:30.400 amounts to support growth. It doesn't take a big lunch 890 00:49:30.639 --> 00:49:32.800 at the first of the month and then not take 891 00:49:32.880 --> 00:49:34.840 up anything else again for the rest of the month. 892 00:49:35.159 --> 00:49:35.559 You know that. 893 00:49:35.679 --> 00:49:38.559 I mean, that's kind of ridiculous, but it feeds every day. 894 00:49:38.719 --> 00:49:41.679 So when you put a fertilizer like nitrofive superturf down, 895 00:49:41.800 --> 00:49:45.920 now you know that for three maybe more months, depending 896 00:49:45.960 --> 00:49:48.800 on the weather, you're going to get a release of nutrients. 897 00:49:49.039 --> 00:49:51.760 And it's a nineteen. That one is a nineteen four 898 00:49:51.760 --> 00:49:55.639 to ten fertilizer and that first number nitrogen is high nineteen, 899 00:49:56.079 --> 00:49:58.199 but it's not going to get the nineteen all at once. 900 00:49:58.320 --> 00:50:01.039 That nineteen is going to feed, feed and feed and 901 00:50:01.159 --> 00:50:06.000 feed over time, and that is an excellent way to 902 00:50:06.159 --> 00:50:10.719 produce good even growth. It also it cuts down when 903 00:50:10.719 --> 00:50:14.199 you're mowing. It makes it easier, you know, when you're 904 00:50:14.239 --> 00:50:17.320 doing your watering and things, you don't worry so much 905 00:50:17.360 --> 00:50:21.480 about washing all your nutrient away. Nitropas Superturf, like other 906 00:50:21.599 --> 00:50:24.440 night foss products, is available in a wide variety of places. 907 00:50:24.480 --> 00:50:27.760 In Chenny Forest carries it down in the Richmond Rosenberg area. 908 00:50:27.800 --> 00:50:30.440 You can find it a growers outlet up in Willis RCW. 909 00:50:30.599 --> 00:50:34.679 Nursery on Tombail Parkway where it comes into Sam Houston 910 00:50:34.840 --> 00:50:38.199 Beltway is another place that carries night foss products like 911 00:50:38.280 --> 00:50:41.960 the super Turf the silver bag from Nitrofos. We're going 912 00:50:42.039 --> 00:50:44.159 to go now to the phones and head to Cypress 913 00:50:44.239 --> 00:50:50.440 and talk to Ruth. Hello, Ruth, are you there? 914 00:50:50.559 --> 00:50:50.760 Ruth? 915 00:50:54.199 --> 00:50:56.559 All right, I'll tell you what. I Am going to 916 00:50:56.639 --> 00:50:59.360 put Ruth back on hold, see if we can fix that, 917 00:50:59.480 --> 00:51:01.960 and I'll check right back with her in just a moment. 918 00:51:02.679 --> 00:51:05.119 I mentioned in gended Forests being down in the Richmond 919 00:51:05.320 --> 00:51:10.039 Rosenberg area, and chenned Forest is one of those outstanding 920 00:51:10.519 --> 00:51:15.679 destination garden centers, and I really mean that. When I 921 00:51:15.760 --> 00:51:18.400 go in there, I feel like I've entered another world 922 00:51:18.800 --> 00:51:22.920 of just beauty and bounty and their vegetable section. By 923 00:51:22.920 --> 00:51:25.639 the way, it's time to be getting that fall vegetable 924 00:51:25.719 --> 00:51:28.559 garden go and we got to get those tomatoes and 925 00:51:28.599 --> 00:51:31.079 peppers and eggplants and things like that in. There's a 926 00:51:31.159 --> 00:51:33.719 lot of other things coming soon. They've got a wonderful 927 00:51:33.760 --> 00:51:38.400 herb selection too, extensive, like basil, several different kinds of basil. 928 00:51:39.199 --> 00:51:42.199 And if you were interested in a butterfly garden or 929 00:51:42.519 --> 00:51:45.840 a garden to attract birds or to bring in bees 930 00:51:45.880 --> 00:51:50.079 and other pollinators, they have an outstanding selection of plants 931 00:51:50.119 --> 00:51:53.000 to do that. A whole region. Of course, there's plants 932 00:51:53.000 --> 00:51:55.880 all over the garden center in chanted forests that attract 933 00:51:56.239 --> 00:51:58.440 those kind of things. But they have a whole section 934 00:51:58.639 --> 00:52:03.280 just dedicated to butterfly, lauval food sources for example, ad 935 00:52:03.400 --> 00:52:06.000 enchanted for So now they're on FM twenty seven fifty 936 00:52:06.119 --> 00:52:09.199 nine outside of Richmond, So if you're in Richmond, you're 937 00:52:09.239 --> 00:52:12.400 heading Sugarland direction up fifty nine. It's off to the right, 938 00:52:13.440 --> 00:52:17.239 FM twenty seven fifty nine. It's always a good day 939 00:52:17.280 --> 00:52:19.880 to be out there. I love visiting with them, Clay 940 00:52:20.000 --> 00:52:23.559 and the whole team out there. They have really created 941 00:52:23.719 --> 00:52:26.239 a lot of beauty and they have the expertise to 942 00:52:26.400 --> 00:52:29.760 help you have success. So if you hadn't been out there, 943 00:52:29.760 --> 00:52:31.199 I don't care where you live, you need to drive 944 00:52:31.239 --> 00:52:34.280 out there and see this place. It really really is 945 00:52:34.400 --> 00:52:37.559 cool and good house plans, good gift shop, all kinds 946 00:52:37.599 --> 00:52:39.800 of good things. Let's go back and we're going to 947 00:52:39.840 --> 00:52:48.880 give another shot here at Ruth in Cyprus. Are you there, Ruth? Ready, Ruth, 948 00:52:48.960 --> 00:52:50.840 If you're talking, I can't hear you, so I'm going 949 00:52:50.920 --> 00:52:52.559 to put you back on hold. We'll give it another 950 00:52:52.639 --> 00:52:54.360 try here. I'll tell you what, Ruth. But if you 951 00:52:54.440 --> 00:52:57.360 can hear me, go ahead. And just hang up and 952 00:52:57.480 --> 00:52:59.960 call back in and we will We'll try this again 953 00:53:00.159 --> 00:53:02.880 with a different line. I'm not sure what's exactly going 954 00:53:02.960 --> 00:53:08.280 on in that situation. I was out in the yard 955 00:53:08.440 --> 00:53:11.760 and my bird feeders are a little low, and that 956 00:53:11.920 --> 00:53:14.519 was on purpose. I've got a couple of types of 957 00:53:14.559 --> 00:53:17.280 bird feeders I have. The rain can get to them 958 00:53:17.440 --> 00:53:19.920 if it's really blowing and splashing a lot. I mean, 959 00:53:19.960 --> 00:53:22.239 they have a little roof over them. And I didn't 960 00:53:22.239 --> 00:53:23.679 want to put a bunch of bird seed out there 961 00:53:23.719 --> 00:53:25.760 and have it go bad and get moldy, because it'll 962 00:53:25.800 --> 00:53:28.239 do that. And if you've got that in your yard, 963 00:53:28.320 --> 00:53:31.239 you need to dump those out, clean them out, let 964 00:53:31.280 --> 00:53:33.199 them dry, and then put some fresh seed in them. 965 00:53:33.440 --> 00:53:35.559 And I've been feeding the birds a little bit here 966 00:53:35.599 --> 00:53:38.280 and there as we go. But wild Bird's Unlimited is 967 00:53:38.360 --> 00:53:40.960 going to have a selection of everything that you need 968 00:53:41.079 --> 00:53:44.760 for that. I like their nesting super Blend. I still 969 00:53:44.920 --> 00:53:48.679 am using the Nesting Superblend. It provides a lot of 970 00:53:48.800 --> 00:53:52.599 things that the birds need. It's loaded with sunflower chips, peanuts, 971 00:53:52.719 --> 00:53:57.239 dried mealworms, something called bark butter bits, safflower tree nuts, 972 00:53:57.800 --> 00:54:00.880 calcium carbonate too, which is important and I'm telling you 973 00:54:01.039 --> 00:54:04.679 that I was watching blue jays out there and cardinals 974 00:54:04.760 --> 00:54:06.800 at the feeder. I've got another feeder that the little 975 00:54:06.840 --> 00:54:08.679 birds tend to hang out at. It's harder for the 976 00:54:08.719 --> 00:54:12.840 big birds to get to. But anyway, all from Wallbirds Unlimited. 977 00:54:12.880 --> 00:54:16.280 You can go to WBU dot com forward slash Houston 978 00:54:16.960 --> 00:54:21.440 WBU dot com forward slash Houston find the wildbirds in 979 00:54:21.480 --> 00:54:23.000 their shoe. They're about six of them are in the 980 00:54:23.039 --> 00:54:25.480 Greater Houston area. Also, if you're about to take a 981 00:54:25.519 --> 00:54:29.280 little vacation trip this summer, grab one of their seed cylinders. 982 00:54:29.960 --> 00:54:33.079 It's a cylinder of firmly packed seeds. Looks like a 983 00:54:33.119 --> 00:54:36.800 little candle shape, you know, those little tall candles, thick 984 00:54:36.880 --> 00:54:39.639 wide candles. The birds have to kind of pull those 985 00:54:39.679 --> 00:54:41.280 seeds out of there, so it takes them a little 986 00:54:41.280 --> 00:54:43.719 while to do it. And when you come back from vacation, 987 00:54:43.880 --> 00:54:47.760 your birds are still having something to eat while you're gone. Plus, 988 00:54:47.880 --> 00:54:50.000 if you're home watching it, they takes them a little 989 00:54:50.039 --> 00:54:51.800 longer to get that seed out, so you get to 990 00:54:51.880 --> 00:54:54.119 watch them a little bit longer. I think that's fun too. 991 00:54:54.679 --> 00:55:00.280 From Wallbirds Unlimited, we love our birds here. I've got 992 00:55:00.360 --> 00:55:02.639 water features from oh by the way, now we've had 993 00:55:02.639 --> 00:55:05.400 a lot of rain this summer and birds are doing 994 00:55:05.480 --> 00:55:09.039 okay because of that. But when we're in hot, dry 995 00:55:09.119 --> 00:55:11.679 summer weather, you've got to make sure they have a 996 00:55:11.760 --> 00:55:14.119 source of water. We keep ours out, keep them not 997 00:55:14.239 --> 00:55:16.480 too far away from the feeders, and also where we 998 00:55:16.559 --> 00:55:18.760 can watch them. And I've got a couple of different 999 00:55:18.800 --> 00:55:21.960 water features that they really really enjoy if they can 1000 00:55:22.039 --> 00:55:24.320 hear the sound of water, like if it's splashing, like 1001 00:55:24.400 --> 00:55:27.880 we have a little multi tiered fountain where it's splashing. 1002 00:55:28.079 --> 00:55:31.400 I enjoy that sound. It's so soothing and nice. But 1003 00:55:31.480 --> 00:55:33.320 the birds, it brings them in and they love it. 1004 00:55:33.639 --> 00:55:37.320 They absolutely love it. Here on Guardline, we love our 1005 00:55:37.360 --> 00:55:41.119 feed stores too. You hear me talk about feed stores 1006 00:55:41.239 --> 00:55:44.559 and down in If you're south of Houston, let's say 1007 00:55:44.639 --> 00:55:48.280 you're in the League City area. League City feed is 1008 00:55:48.440 --> 00:55:51.719 right there on Highway three, just a few blocks south 1009 00:55:51.719 --> 00:55:55.119 of Highway ninety six in League City, so that whole area, 1010 00:55:55.280 --> 00:55:57.239 this is your hometown feed store. Do you live in 1011 00:55:57.320 --> 00:55:59.880 Bay Cliffs, San Leon or Lamart. Do you live in 1012 00:56:00.039 --> 00:56:03.159 Dickenson or clear Lake City or Webster. Do you live 1013 00:56:03.239 --> 00:56:06.320 in Santa Fe or ohkame Into Realey. League City Feed 1014 00:56:06.559 --> 00:56:09.280 is your hometown feed store. They carry every fertilizer that 1015 00:56:09.320 --> 00:56:11.719 I talk about here on Garden Line. They do. They've 1016 00:56:11.800 --> 00:56:14.400 got them. They've got the soils, you know, they carry 1017 00:56:14.440 --> 00:56:20.239 the heirloom soils, for example, and they just know how 1018 00:56:20.320 --> 00:56:22.960 to provide exactly what you need to take care of 1019 00:56:23.039 --> 00:56:25.719 whatever you have in your lawn. So are your garden 1020 00:56:25.920 --> 00:56:29.119 so do you need an insecticide or a fungicide? Do 1021 00:56:29.239 --> 00:56:31.840 you need an herbicide to fight weeds? Are you looking 1022 00:56:31.880 --> 00:56:35.239 for organic products? They have those two there. Premium pet 1023 00:56:35.320 --> 00:56:38.400 food is always available. They're at League City Feed. Do 1024 00:56:38.440 --> 00:56:40.639 you have backyard chickens? They can get you set up 1025 00:56:40.679 --> 00:56:42.360 on that and they're going to carry the sacks to 1026 00:56:42.440 --> 00:56:45.199 the car for you. It's that old time feed service. 1027 00:56:45.239 --> 00:56:47.840 This place has been around. I think their grandfather built 1028 00:56:47.880 --> 00:56:50.519 it over forty years ago in an Okra patch. And 1029 00:56:50.639 --> 00:56:53.519 anything that starts in an Okra patch can't go wrong. 1030 00:56:53.599 --> 00:56:56.320 I mean that's my personal opinion because I'm a big 1031 00:56:56.400 --> 00:56:59.840 fan of Okra. But the Thunderbergs, they've been running this 1032 00:57:00.119 --> 00:57:02.880 three generations. Now here's our phone number two eight one 1033 00:57:03.039 --> 00:57:05.679 three three two sixteen twelve. I'll give it to you 1034 00:57:05.760 --> 00:57:09.920 again two eight, one three three two one six one 1035 00:57:10.000 --> 00:57:12.880 two Open Monday through Saturday nine to six, so you 1036 00:57:12.920 --> 00:57:15.760 can stop in after work. Closed on Sunday. So hey, 1037 00:57:15.960 --> 00:57:18.679 here's your deal today. Get over there, grab the kind 1038 00:57:18.719 --> 00:57:22.679 of stuff you need. I'll try one more time here 1039 00:57:22.719 --> 00:57:24.440 to go to the phones. This time we're heading to 1040 00:57:24.519 --> 00:57:28.840 Willis to talk to Kirk. Kurt. How are you this morning? 1041 00:57:28.880 --> 00:57:30.480 We've got a break coming up, and let's see if 1042 00:57:30.519 --> 00:57:32.880 we can help you before the break or we'll hold 1043 00:57:32.920 --> 00:57:33.599 you aft too. 1044 00:57:35.960 --> 00:57:39.519 Yes, Skip, I'll try to make it quick. I have 1045 00:57:40.599 --> 00:57:44.440 the makeriage out here in Willis, Texas with just full 1046 00:57:44.519 --> 00:57:48.719 of mature oak trees, and periodically I'll go out and. 1047 00:57:49.480 --> 00:57:50.440 You know, trim them. 1048 00:57:50.519 --> 00:57:53.360 And what's important to me, just for the visual effect 1049 00:57:53.519 --> 00:57:56.239 is remove these little I've kind of little sucker branches 1050 00:57:56.280 --> 00:57:58.840 that grow on the trunk until it. 1051 00:57:58.840 --> 00:57:59.880 Gets to the pe. 1052 00:58:00.119 --> 00:58:04.199 Know, they're one to three feet long, and I cut 1053 00:58:04.320 --> 00:58:08.840 them off, and they always seem to grow back. Is 1054 00:58:08.880 --> 00:58:10.440 there any prevention method? 1055 00:58:11.960 --> 00:58:13.719 Are you? Are you cutting them off real close to 1056 00:58:13.840 --> 00:58:15.559 the trunk or are you leaving a little bit. 1057 00:58:15.480 --> 00:58:19.599 Of I learned that mistake for the first time. I 1058 00:58:19.800 --> 00:58:22.679 didn't uh, you know, maybe a have bitch, and then 1059 00:58:22.719 --> 00:58:24.079 I started getting real close. 1060 00:58:24.280 --> 00:58:25.320 But they still. 1061 00:58:26.800 --> 00:58:27.760 Kind of want to come back. 1062 00:58:29.280 --> 00:58:31.960 You can, you can just cut them back to the trunk. 1063 00:58:33.000 --> 00:58:36.480 There is something sucker stopper that you can buy, and 1064 00:58:36.559 --> 00:58:39.800 there's another sucker spray. I can't remember what the name 1065 00:58:39.880 --> 00:58:41.440 of it is. One of them is called sucker stopper. 1066 00:58:41.480 --> 00:58:43.960 You sprayed on the fresh cut and it takes care 1067 00:58:43.960 --> 00:58:45.599 of them. Listen, I got a heart break here for 1068 00:58:45.679 --> 00:58:47.960 the news. If you want to continue this conversation, just 1069 00:58:48.039 --> 00:58:50.199 hang on and I'll be back once we get through it. 1070 00:58:50.719 --> 00:58:53.119 Thanks a lot, kirt. All right, folks, here we go. 1071 00:58:53.280 --> 00:58:59.920 We'll be right back. You'd like to give us a call, 1072 00:59:00.360 --> 00:59:03.159 My number is seven one three two one two k 1073 00:59:03.440 --> 00:59:06.960 t r H. Seven one three two one two k 1074 00:59:07.159 --> 00:59:09.880 t r H. Let's help you have a more beautiful garden, 1075 00:59:10.840 --> 00:59:14.199 more bountiful garden, a more beautiful landscape. That's what we're 1076 00:59:14.239 --> 00:59:17.880 here for. Whatever kinds of questions indoor or outdoor plants, 1077 00:59:18.119 --> 00:59:20.840 we'll talk about it. Be happy to do that. Try 1078 00:59:20.880 --> 00:59:24.000 to get some good diagnosis and advice as we go along. 1079 00:59:24.719 --> 00:59:29.000 Speaking of good advice, if you are looking for a 1080 00:59:29.079 --> 00:59:31.400 product that you can hook up to your garden, hose 1081 00:59:31.639 --> 00:59:35.639 and spray over the lawn and get really quick results. 1082 00:59:36.280 --> 00:59:39.119 That would be Medina's has to grow line. They have 1083 00:59:39.159 --> 00:59:41.480 a has to grow lawn for example, there's regular has 1084 00:59:41.519 --> 00:59:43.559 to grow. There's a has to grow for lawns. It's 1085 00:59:43.599 --> 00:59:47.960 got a like a three one two or yeah, three 1086 00:59:48.000 --> 00:59:51.320 one two type ratio a fertilizer that is exactly what 1087 00:59:51.679 --> 00:59:54.519 your lawn needs. They also have a product that's newer, new, 1088 00:59:54.719 --> 00:59:56.800 it's newer. It's a brand new one that they've got 1089 00:59:56.880 --> 00:59:59.880 called super Grow Plus. And I think, I think a 1090 01:00:00.079 --> 01:00:02.639 lot of all of these products, but the Supergrill Plus 1091 01:00:02.800 --> 01:00:06.559 is a sixteen zero two. That's zero that middle number phosphorus. 1092 01:00:06.599 --> 01:00:09.760 Phosphorus tends to stick around, and there's not a problem 1093 01:00:10.440 --> 01:00:13.239 not adding phosphorus every time we fertilize. In fact, in 1094 01:00:13.360 --> 01:00:16.199 some parts of the country they are they actually have 1095 01:00:16.400 --> 01:00:19.679 laws to where you can't just use phosphorus without the 1096 01:00:19.760 --> 01:00:23.519 equivalent of prescription, believe that or not, because it washes 1097 01:00:23.559 --> 01:00:26.280 off into places. Florida has a number of waterways are 1098 01:00:26.320 --> 01:00:29.840 concerned about. Chesapeake Bay up there in the northeast around 1099 01:00:29.880 --> 01:00:33.079 the DC area is another example of those kinds of places. Well, 1100 01:00:33.159 --> 01:00:36.559 this one it works great for here sixteen zero two. 1101 01:00:36.800 --> 01:00:40.199 It's got a slow release fertilizer in it. About a 1102 01:00:40.320 --> 01:00:43.079 fifth of the fertile of the nitrogen in it is 1103 01:00:43.239 --> 01:00:45.519 in a slow release form. It's got iron in a 1104 01:00:45.639 --> 01:00:49.360 chelated form, meaning the iron has a little bodyguard so 1105 01:00:49.519 --> 01:00:51.599 the soil can't steal it and tie it up, but 1106 01:00:51.719 --> 01:00:54.960 the plant can have it. It's got seaweed extract in it. 1107 01:00:55.119 --> 01:00:58.119 It's got molasses in it, it's got humic acid in it. 1108 01:00:58.880 --> 01:01:01.559 It's got all the kinds of things to stimulate microbial 1109 01:01:01.639 --> 01:01:03.559 activity and stimulate your lawn growth. 1110 01:01:04.119 --> 01:01:04.239 Uh. 1111 01:01:04.360 --> 01:01:06.760 If you've got areas that are struggling, I have an 1112 01:01:06.800 --> 01:01:08.920 area that had some take a root rot due to 1113 01:01:09.039 --> 01:01:11.920 heavy heavy shade. I've been working my way back out 1114 01:01:11.960 --> 01:01:14.760 of that and get that garden hose. Go over there 1115 01:01:14.960 --> 01:01:17.440 and just give it a quick fix with that, and 1116 01:01:17.559 --> 01:01:22.280 it works really well. Supergrow plus. If you return your clippings, 1117 01:01:22.320 --> 01:01:24.239 you can do it about twice during the summertime and 1118 01:01:24.360 --> 01:01:27.960 I'll cover it. If you are bagging your clippings, number one, 1119 01:01:28.079 --> 01:01:31.280 stop it. Don't do that. You're throwing away free fertilizer. 1120 01:01:32.280 --> 01:01:34.239 If you're bagging your clippings, probably need to do it 1121 01:01:34.280 --> 01:01:38.880 about three times. During the summertime. But supergrow plus for Medina, 1122 01:01:39.039 --> 01:01:42.400 a product that works, a product that I personally can 1123 01:01:42.519 --> 01:01:46.599 vouch for. You are listening to Guardline and our phone 1124 01:01:46.639 --> 01:01:48.559 number if you wish to give us a call is 1125 01:01:48.880 --> 01:01:52.920 seven to one three two one two kt RH seven 1126 01:01:53.119 --> 01:01:57.119 one three two one two kt RH. You know the 1127 01:01:57.559 --> 01:02:02.360 the garden centers in the Houston area, the Independent, we 1128 01:02:02.519 --> 01:02:06.199 call them Mom and Pops. Those garden centers are outstanding 1129 01:02:06.280 --> 01:02:10.079 here and I'm telling you I've been, you know, all 1130 01:02:10.119 --> 01:02:14.039 over Texas to garden centers, and I love when I travel. 1131 01:02:14.159 --> 01:02:18.320 I am a gardening or horticultural tourist. You know, I'm 1132 01:02:18.360 --> 01:02:22.199 going to find the the garden centers in a town. 1133 01:02:22.360 --> 01:02:24.599 I'm going to find the botanical gardens in a town 1134 01:02:24.719 --> 01:02:27.360 and visit them. I was out in North Carolina at 1135 01:02:27.440 --> 01:02:32.880 the Ralston Arboretum in the University of North Carolina and 1136 01:02:33.239 --> 01:02:36.280 it just outstanding. Love to do that. Well, here in Houston, 1137 01:02:36.400 --> 01:02:39.360 we've got more than anybody. I'm telling you that. I mean, 1138 01:02:40.639 --> 01:02:44.440 I've been to these big cities, north, south, east, West, 1139 01:02:44.519 --> 01:02:47.719 and central. Here in Houston we have places that are 1140 01:02:47.760 --> 01:02:50.679 worth driving for and people drive a long way. I've 1141 01:02:50.760 --> 01:02:52.280 run into people all the time that if from out 1142 01:02:52.320 --> 01:02:55.440 of state, maybe they're visiting family, or maybe they drove 1143 01:02:55.559 --> 01:02:57.639 from Austin to get over here to go to see 1144 01:02:57.719 --> 01:03:00.760 some of our outstanding garden centers. Example of that is 1145 01:03:00.800 --> 01:03:03.920 Buchanans Native Plants done in the Heights, right in the 1146 01:03:03.960 --> 01:03:07.480 big middle of town. Buchanan's Plants Native Plants is on 1147 01:03:07.679 --> 01:03:11.480 Eleventh Street in the Heights. Their website and this is 1148 01:03:12.119 --> 01:03:15.519 please write this down because it is an outstanding website, 1149 01:03:15.960 --> 01:03:22.360 Buchanansplants dot Com. There's advice there, there's videos there, there's 1150 01:03:22.559 --> 01:03:28.400 lists of plants there, there's descriptions of plants. Buchanan specializes 1151 01:03:28.480 --> 01:03:32.000 in natives, but they have everything. They have everything. Do 1152 01:03:32.039 --> 01:03:34.840 you want house plants? Go check out their selection. You 1153 01:03:34.920 --> 01:03:37.440 will agree that it is one of the absolute best 1154 01:03:37.480 --> 01:03:39.360 selections of house plants you're going to find anywhere in 1155 01:03:39.400 --> 01:03:43.559 the region. Buchanansplants dot Com on Eleventh Street in the Heights. 1156 01:03:43.960 --> 01:03:46.800 Do you need the fertilizers I talk about on guardline. 1157 01:03:47.000 --> 01:03:53.559 They're there, high quality plants, educated, helpful people and a 1158 01:03:53.800 --> 01:03:58.039 really fun shopping experience too. Of Buchanan's Plants in the Heights. 1159 01:03:58.079 --> 01:04:03.000 Remember website, Buchanans Plants dot com click around that thing, 1160 01:04:03.079 --> 01:04:04.760 and you'll see why I think so much of it. 1161 01:04:06.320 --> 01:04:08.960 You are listening to garden Line our phone number seven 1162 01:04:09.000 --> 01:04:13.039 one three two one two five eight seven four seven 1163 01:04:13.119 --> 01:04:16.800 one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. Okay, 1164 01:04:16.840 --> 01:04:18.960 we're going to have a quick garden Line quiz for 1165 01:04:19.039 --> 01:04:21.360 those of you who've listened to garden Line more than once, 1166 01:04:21.719 --> 01:04:24.760 because I say this every time. What is the most 1167 01:04:24.840 --> 01:04:29.079 important thing that we do to have success with plants? Now, 1168 01:04:29.159 --> 01:04:31.679 there's a lot of important things. It's important to get 1169 01:04:31.719 --> 01:04:33.840 plants that want to grow. Here, it's essential to get 1170 01:04:33.880 --> 01:04:36.519 plants that want to grow. It's important to put plants 1171 01:04:36.639 --> 01:04:39.039 in the amount of drainage they need. There are a 1172 01:04:39.039 --> 01:04:42.280 few plants that can take a swamp. Most of them can't. 1173 01:04:42.920 --> 01:04:46.920 It's important to, uh, let's see, get plants the amount 1174 01:04:46.920 --> 01:04:49.280 of light that they need. It's important to fertilize. But 1175 01:04:49.440 --> 01:04:52.079 what is the most important thing we do when we're 1176 01:04:52.079 --> 01:04:56.119 going to have success? And the answer is build the soil. 1177 01:04:57.079 --> 01:04:59.320 I like to say it this way. Plants live in 1178 01:04:59.480 --> 01:05:02.199 their roots, and if you think about it that way, 1179 01:05:02.639 --> 01:05:03.159 you'll reckon. 1180 01:05:03.239 --> 01:05:03.719 I know we do. 1181 01:05:03.800 --> 01:05:06.360 All these things on top of the ground are pruning 1182 01:05:06.519 --> 01:05:10.599 and that's our visual of the plant. But underground, that's 1183 01:05:10.639 --> 01:05:14.039 where it all happens. That's where the microbial activity that 1184 01:05:14.360 --> 01:05:17.960 so stimulates and supports root growth is. That's where it's 1185 01:05:18.000 --> 01:05:21.800 either drained or not drained. You'd have a raise better 1186 01:05:21.880 --> 01:05:23.559 you don't, And if you've got a soggy spot, you 1187 01:05:23.639 --> 01:05:27.159 better have a raise. Bit. That's where the organic materials 1188 01:05:27.199 --> 01:05:30.039 are put in. And Nature's Way Resources, you know John 1189 01:05:30.079 --> 01:05:33.360 Ferguson in Ferguson up in Nature's Way. They they've known 1190 01:05:33.440 --> 01:05:37.000 this a long time. John was Nature's Way Resources. 1191 01:05:37.039 --> 01:05:37.159 You know. 1192 01:05:37.199 --> 01:05:40.199 It was the place where rose soil was born. That's 1193 01:05:40.239 --> 01:05:43.199 the place where the leaf moow. Compost we talk about 1194 01:05:43.239 --> 01:05:47.000 all the time is compost, top dressing, and many other mixes. 1195 01:05:47.239 --> 01:05:49.039 Do you have a veggie garden, They've got a mix 1196 01:05:49.119 --> 01:05:51.639 for it. You can go to a Nature's Way. They're 1197 01:05:51.760 --> 01:05:55.239 up there on Sherwood Circle south of Conroe. So if 1198 01:05:55.280 --> 01:05:58.079 you're driving up forty five where fourteen eighty eight comes 1199 01:05:58.119 --> 01:06:00.079 in from the left, you just turn right across the 1200 01:06:00.199 --> 01:06:03.360 tracks and you're there. You can take a trailer, take 1201 01:06:03.360 --> 01:06:06.639 a pickup, get a bulk amount of it. If you 1202 01:06:06.760 --> 01:06:08.519 want to load up on bags, you can get it, 1203 01:06:08.599 --> 01:06:11.079 and around town a number of our places carry their 1204 01:06:11.119 --> 01:06:13.559 bags as well. It doesn't matter what kind of a 1205 01:06:13.639 --> 01:06:17.519 mix you're looking for. Nature's Way Resources has it, and 1206 01:06:17.639 --> 01:06:20.679 they've got they've got some great deals going on. They've 1207 01:06:20.679 --> 01:06:24.159 got a deal right now that if you tell them 1208 01:06:24.360 --> 01:06:26.480 that you heard about it on guarden Line, you're going 1209 01:06:26.519 --> 01:06:30.519 to get a significant discount. And this includes the soil, blends, 1210 01:06:30.599 --> 01:06:34.480 the composts, the multius covers the whole nine yards, and 1211 01:06:35.119 --> 01:06:37.400 you need to don't forget to mention you heard about 1212 01:06:37.400 --> 01:06:40.239 them on guarden Line. Here's a number nine three six 1213 01:06:40.719 --> 01:06:44.719 three two one sixty nine ninety nine three six three 1214 01:06:44.840 --> 01:06:47.360 two one sixty nine ninety They're open eight to five 1215 01:06:47.440 --> 01:06:51.519 Monday through Friday today eight am to two pm. Close tomorrow. 1216 01:06:51.719 --> 01:06:55.199 So here's your chance. Whatever you do, if you want 1217 01:06:55.239 --> 01:06:59.079 to have success, you've got to start with the soil. 1218 01:06:59.599 --> 01:07:03.440 You may the soil right, and that means organic matter, 1219 01:07:03.559 --> 01:07:06.920 that means drainage, that means nutrients that the plants need. 1220 01:07:07.440 --> 01:07:10.280 You get that right, and it's gonna look, it's gonna 1221 01:07:10.280 --> 01:07:12.599 make everything. You got a green thumb, you just have 1222 01:07:12.719 --> 01:07:16.280 an informed thumb, an informed thumb that says, fix the 1223 01:07:16.320 --> 01:07:19.320 saw first for success with plants natures. Will hope you 1224 01:07:19.440 --> 01:07:21.639 do that. We're gonna take a little break here and 1225 01:07:21.880 --> 01:07:23.519 I will be right back if you want to get 1226 01:07:23.559 --> 01:07:25.280 on the boards. We've got to open board here. Wo'd 1227 01:07:25.320 --> 01:07:26.880 be a good chance to get in without having to 1228 01:07:26.960 --> 01:07:30.519 wait seven one three two one two kt r H. 1229 01:07:33.360 --> 01:07:41.239 Hold all right, folks, that's just a little bit of 1230 01:07:41.440 --> 01:07:46.079 a kickback remembering Randy Lemon. That band is called the 1231 01:07:46.199 --> 01:07:49.320 lemon Heads, And I know Simon and Garfuncle did Missus Robinson, 1232 01:07:49.400 --> 01:07:52.960 but like that little upbeat version by the Lemonheads. Uh, 1233 01:07:53.599 --> 01:07:57.679 we fondly remember our friend Randy Lemon, who held this 1234 01:07:57.800 --> 01:08:01.840 seat for many, many years, just was an icon in 1235 01:08:01.920 --> 01:08:06.039 the greater Houston area. I know that I very beloved 1236 01:08:06.239 --> 01:08:10.039 and really one of the reasons that Garden Line has 1237 01:08:10.199 --> 01:08:13.440 become the show that it's become, as through the many 1238 01:08:13.519 --> 01:08:16.039 years of Randy's work as well as the people that 1239 01:08:16.159 --> 01:08:18.399 came before Randy. This this show has been going on 1240 01:08:18.479 --> 01:08:22.319 since the nineteen fifties. That is an unusual run for 1241 01:08:22.680 --> 01:08:24.760 a gardening show to be able to have. And I 1242 01:08:24.880 --> 01:08:28.079 do not hold that lightly. I promise you for sure. 1243 01:08:29.039 --> 01:08:31.159 We are going to now head straight out to the phones. 1244 01:08:31.159 --> 01:08:32.960 A segment, and we're going to go to cot Road 1245 01:08:33.079 --> 01:08:36.640 to talk to Larry. Hello, Larry, Good morning. 1246 01:08:36.760 --> 01:08:37.079 Skip. 1247 01:08:38.079 --> 01:08:41.680 Last weekend, you had a gentleman call in asking about 1248 01:08:42.560 --> 01:08:45.479 fast growing trees, and you had a good explanation to 1249 01:08:45.600 --> 01:08:49.279 maybe not get the fastest growing tree. But you named 1250 01:08:49.520 --> 01:08:51.039 three or four trees, and. 1251 01:08:51.119 --> 01:08:53.119 I was not in the position to where I could 1252 01:08:53.640 --> 01:08:55.079 make some notes on those trees. 1253 01:08:55.920 --> 01:08:58.600 What did you recommend and also where would you recommend 1254 01:08:58.720 --> 01:08:59.199 getting them? 1255 01:09:00.560 --> 01:09:03.159 Okay, you're talking about me naming trees that you should 1256 01:09:03.239 --> 01:09:04.479 plant that grow fast. 1257 01:09:04.640 --> 01:09:05.720 Yes, we should plant. 1258 01:09:05.840 --> 01:09:09.479 Yeah, Well you said he was named something that was 1259 01:09:09.560 --> 01:09:11.680 going to grow six feet a year or something, and 1260 01:09:11.760 --> 01:09:14.640 you said, well, something that grows that fast, it's gonna 1261 01:09:14.680 --> 01:09:15.359 last very long. 1262 01:09:15.479 --> 01:09:19.000 So well, grow fast, die young, is the way I 1263 01:09:19.159 --> 01:09:21.560 like to put it. They folly about the time you 1264 01:09:21.600 --> 01:09:24.000 should have a beautiful tree that's of great value to 1265 01:09:24.199 --> 01:09:27.000 the value of your property. You're pulling them out to 1266 01:09:27.079 --> 01:09:32.159 start over, and that's just a huge, huge mistake. Okay, fast, right, 1267 01:09:33.000 --> 01:09:36.079 trees that grow moderately fast that if you've give them 1268 01:09:36.119 --> 01:09:40.279 good care, will be very long lived as well because 1269 01:09:40.399 --> 01:09:42.880 the species is well adapted. Here not a lot of 1270 01:09:42.920 --> 01:09:47.159 pest problems and things would include red oaks. If you 1271 01:09:47.319 --> 01:09:51.319 are in a very good, well drained soil, shoe mard 1272 01:09:52.000 --> 01:09:54.439 s h u m a r d schumard red oak 1273 01:09:54.560 --> 01:09:56.520 is a good one if you are in a soil 1274 01:09:56.600 --> 01:10:00.279 that sometimes is a little on the soggy side, not 1275 01:10:00.479 --> 01:10:03.520 only for soggy sauce, but this one can take saggi sauce. 1276 01:10:03.680 --> 01:10:07.600 Is the nut tall red oak n utta. I think 1277 01:10:07.640 --> 01:10:09.920 it's one L. I need to look that up. Nut 1278 01:10:09.960 --> 01:10:11.800 tall n u t t a L. Let's just say 1279 01:10:11.840 --> 01:10:14.720 that's close. That one would be a good one. The 1280 01:10:15.199 --> 01:10:20.760 Chinese elm. Chinese elm has beautiful You've seen these all 1281 01:10:20.800 --> 01:10:23.479 around town. Especially they put them in parking lots because 1282 01:10:23.479 --> 01:10:26.560 they're so tough, but you can put it in. It's 1283 01:10:26.600 --> 01:10:30.840 got a kind of a rusty colored and gray, splotchy bark. 1284 01:10:30.920 --> 01:10:33.920 It breaks off in little chunks, very thin, kind of 1285 01:10:33.960 --> 01:10:37.079 like a crape myrtle doesn't have real thick bark. It's smooth. 1286 01:10:37.600 --> 01:10:40.079 This one is kind of like that, and it little 1287 01:10:40.119 --> 01:10:43.279 flex breakof and it's it's rusty and gray. It's very 1288 01:10:43.439 --> 01:10:46.119 beautiful bark. So even in the winter. I think it's 1289 01:10:46.159 --> 01:10:49.439 a pretty tree. Gross grows pretty fast and spreads out 1290 01:10:49.880 --> 01:10:53.079 really well, casts a life shade, which I like because 1291 01:10:53.239 --> 01:10:55.680 if you want to grow grass or other things underneath, 1292 01:10:56.239 --> 01:10:57.720 it can do that, but it's still a shade that 1293 01:10:57.760 --> 01:11:01.279 will keep you cool. Those are the ones I remember 1294 01:11:01.439 --> 01:11:03.560 talking about. I'm trying to think what else I might have. 1295 01:11:03.960 --> 01:11:07.840 You mentioned an ash also, I just I remember something 1296 01:11:07.840 --> 01:11:08.520 about an ash. 1297 01:11:09.479 --> 01:11:13.720 Yeah, green ash. There's one we call Texas ash. That 1298 01:11:13.800 --> 01:11:15.760 may be a little hard to find one called that, 1299 01:11:16.000 --> 01:11:17.960 but it's a it's more of a native to this 1300 01:11:18.520 --> 01:11:23.720 this region, the region be in Texas. Uh, Texas ash 1301 01:11:23.880 --> 01:11:28.760 or green ash are good. Arizona that was planted decades ago. 1302 01:11:29.039 --> 01:11:32.720 Is probably the worst trash tree we got. Well, let's 1303 01:11:32.760 --> 01:11:35.159 just say it's in the top five. But green ash 1304 01:11:37.000 --> 01:11:41.680 is a decent tree for fast growing and whatnot. Let's see, 1305 01:11:41.880 --> 01:11:44.600 there's there's gonna be some other options. They're just not 1306 01:11:44.760 --> 01:11:45.720 hitting my head right now. 1307 01:11:46.359 --> 01:11:48.000 You go to a where do you recommend? 1308 01:11:50.479 --> 01:11:52.960 I would where are Let's see, you're up in the 1309 01:11:53.039 --> 01:11:53.720 Conroy area. 1310 01:11:54.239 --> 01:11:54.880 You're gonna. 1311 01:11:57.439 --> 01:11:59.239 Yeah, they're gonna have some well, they're gonna have some 1312 01:11:59.319 --> 01:12:01.840 trees out there at A and A on the east 1313 01:12:01.880 --> 01:12:04.720 side of Montgomery. You could call them, say, what do 1314 01:12:04.800 --> 01:12:06.479 you have and what can you get and if they 1315 01:12:06.520 --> 01:12:09.079 don't have anything, probably bring them in. Uh, you know, 1316 01:12:09.159 --> 01:12:11.039 if you're if you're just looking at a place that 1317 01:12:11.359 --> 01:12:15.760 grows their own trees up and they grow them. Oh gosh, 1318 01:12:15.760 --> 01:12:19.640 where's the Renaissance Festival Plannersville? 1319 01:12:19.800 --> 01:12:20.199 Right right? 1320 01:12:20.279 --> 01:12:24.079 Okay, all right area, But it's r CW Nursery. That's 1321 01:12:24.279 --> 01:12:27.000 where two forty nine and belt Way eight come together. 1322 01:12:27.720 --> 01:12:29.720 And they can bring in any of the quality trees 1323 01:12:29.800 --> 01:12:31.520 they grow, and I know they have not to all 1324 01:12:31.560 --> 01:12:36.399 oak and read other quality trees, many types. You could 1325 01:12:36.439 --> 01:12:39.039 give them a call it RCW Nursery. They might even 1326 01:12:39.359 --> 01:12:41.319 you know, they may even you know, have you just 1327 01:12:41.399 --> 01:12:43.199 go pick it up up at the farm. I don't know, 1328 01:12:43.319 --> 01:12:45.439 they may have you come down. Probably have you come 1329 01:12:45.479 --> 01:12:50.960 down to the garden center to get it. Okay, Going 1330 01:12:51.079 --> 01:12:54.039 on on tree places of urden tree farms. Another good one. 1331 01:12:54.640 --> 01:12:55.399 There's one you know, I. 1332 01:12:55.720 --> 01:12:58.039 Didn't ask you. I wish you mentioned something with the 1333 01:12:58.119 --> 01:13:01.439 b vernon Okay. I think they have two or three locations. 1334 01:13:02.840 --> 01:13:04.640 Yeah, the one's closest to you is going to be 1335 01:13:04.760 --> 01:13:08.319 out there on Barker Cypress on the west side of Houston, 1336 01:13:08.479 --> 01:13:11.199 just a little north of Ien on Barker Cypress. 1337 01:13:13.640 --> 01:13:16.239 Okay, I appreciated the huge tree. 1338 01:13:16.880 --> 01:13:21.159 Yeah, sure, thanks for calling. And boy, I just commend 1339 01:13:21.239 --> 01:13:24.840 you for asking, because a lot of people don't ask, 1340 01:13:25.119 --> 01:13:27.199 and then they call me when the trees got all 1341 01:13:27.239 --> 01:13:30.039 these problems, and it's better to ask. Thank you. 1342 01:13:31.079 --> 01:13:34.119 Sounds good things, all right? 1343 01:13:34.760 --> 01:13:39.520 Yeah, absolutely, we you know, now's the time when we 1344 01:13:39.640 --> 01:13:41.800 need to be doing what we need to do to 1345 01:13:41.920 --> 01:13:44.960 have success with our lawns. If you haven't fertilized this summer, 1346 01:13:45.439 --> 01:13:48.000 how about some Nelson Slow and Easy. Slow and Easy 1347 01:13:48.079 --> 01:13:51.279 by Nelson Plant Food is an outstanding fertilizer. It's going 1348 01:13:51.359 --> 01:13:54.960 to feed for like over three months, even four months. 1349 01:13:55.119 --> 01:13:58.039 You're not gonna fertilize again until fall. Your fall application. 1350 01:13:58.159 --> 01:14:00.720 When you put on Slow and Easy, it is it 1351 01:14:00.920 --> 01:14:04.239 is one that helps lower the pH a little bit 1352 01:14:04.319 --> 01:14:06.159 too up there at the soul surfits. It's got that 1353 01:14:06.319 --> 01:14:09.359 in it, and it's got those those chemistries that allow 1354 01:14:09.520 --> 01:14:13.159 a gradual release of nitrogen over time. Nutri Star line 1355 01:14:13.279 --> 01:14:16.039 by Nelson Plant Food things like the Hibscus and flowering 1356 01:14:16.079 --> 01:14:20.119 tropicals like the nutri Star for indoor plants. Many different 1357 01:14:20.159 --> 01:14:22.520 nutri Star in their color Star line and these are 1358 01:14:23.000 --> 01:14:25.439 these come in the low canisters or also some of 1359 01:14:25.479 --> 01:14:28.279 them by the bag as well, and you they're widely 1360 01:14:28.319 --> 01:14:32.079 available and they're all excellent products by Nelson plant Food. 1361 01:14:32.159 --> 01:14:34.560 Visiting with Dean the other day talking about some of 1362 01:14:34.600 --> 01:14:36.960 the new products and some of the things going on there, 1363 01:14:37.119 --> 01:14:41.560 and they're always up to improving and creating more new 1364 01:14:41.760 --> 01:14:45.119 quality things there at Nel some plant food. We're going 1365 01:14:45.159 --> 01:14:48.159 to head out now to College Station, Texas and talk 1366 01:14:48.239 --> 01:14:50.760 to Andrew. Hello, Andrew, Hey. 1367 01:14:50.680 --> 01:14:51.279 Good morning. 1368 01:14:52.720 --> 01:14:53.680 Got a question here. 1369 01:14:54.560 --> 01:14:57.640 New to the Brass Valley and uh, first time in 1370 01:14:57.680 --> 01:15:01.760 my life I've had mutographs, so I'm learning a little 1371 01:15:01.760 --> 01:15:03.399 bit about it. I know I can kind of basically 1372 01:15:03.479 --> 01:15:05.680 treat it like San Augustine as sour as the free 1373 01:15:05.800 --> 01:15:07.560 and the feeding and everything like that, and that's worked 1374 01:15:07.560 --> 01:15:08.479 out pretty well for me. 1375 01:15:09.600 --> 01:15:11.880 Question though, is proper height to cut? 1376 01:15:12.000 --> 01:15:14.000 I've been keeping it a little bit higher, and I've 1377 01:15:14.039 --> 01:15:16.039 heard some people say, oh, you need to cut the 1378 01:15:16.039 --> 01:15:16.920 stuff a little lower. 1379 01:15:17.640 --> 01:15:24.960 Thoughts on the height to keep bermuda at I'm assuming 1380 01:15:25.000 --> 01:15:29.159 you've got a Semidorf bermuda and that's I'm about eighty 1381 01:15:29.239 --> 01:15:31.239 five percent sure that's what you got in the lawn. 1382 01:15:31.840 --> 01:15:35.640 If you sow it at about two inches. That's probably 1383 01:15:35.680 --> 01:15:38.720 a good height for it. You can go lower, but 1384 01:15:38.840 --> 01:15:40.720 you got to mow more often for it to look good. 1385 01:15:40.760 --> 01:15:43.319 Bermuda grass, when you mow it regularly, it makes a 1386 01:15:43.359 --> 01:15:46.359 beautiful density. But if you let it grow and then 1387 01:15:46.439 --> 01:15:48.920 cut it way back, it's like you're cutting off the green, 1388 01:15:49.039 --> 01:15:51.279 which tends to be at the top of the grass plant, 1389 01:15:52.039 --> 01:15:56.199 and then you have all this brown, twiggy stuff. It'll regreen, 1390 01:15:56.600 --> 01:15:59.119 but it looks bad when you've missed a mowing. So 1391 01:15:59.199 --> 01:16:01.840 you got to mow regular The shorter you mow, the 1392 01:16:01.960 --> 01:16:04.039 more often, you know, and if you get real short 1393 01:16:05.479 --> 01:16:11.000 Josh Andrew, you're going to be probably using a real 1394 01:16:11.359 --> 01:16:15.520 type mower, one of those candy cane blades as opposed 1395 01:16:15.560 --> 01:16:18.119 to a propeller blade. That's what they do on the 1396 01:16:18.159 --> 01:16:20.079 golf courses for the top quality. 1397 01:16:20.680 --> 01:16:23.279 Okay, perfect, I appreciate it. Thank you very much. 1398 01:16:24.520 --> 01:16:27.159 All Right, you take care, good five folks. 1399 01:16:27.640 --> 01:16:28.399 Here, here we go. 1400 01:16:28.520 --> 01:16:31.680 We're putting another one in this hour in the books. 1401 01:16:32.359 --> 01:16:34.920 I'll be back next hour, Josh. You'll be our first 1402 01:16:35.039 --> 01:16:39.359 up when we come back. In the meantime, I want 1403 01:16:39.479 --> 01:16:42.800 to just leave you with remember when it comes to 1404 01:16:42.960 --> 01:16:46.520 successive plants is about the soil. I remember to pick 1405 01:16:46.600 --> 01:16:49.720 things that want to grow. Your plantam white and you 1406 01:16:49.880 --> 01:16:53.039 can have successful. Promise you from as green and we'll 1407 01:16:53.079 --> 01:16:55.600 make it greener by informing it on Guarden Line. 1408 01:17:02.520 --> 01:17:05.199 K t r H Garden Line does not necessarily endorse 1409 01:17:05.279 --> 01:17:07.600 any of the products or services advertised on this program. 1410 01:17:13.319 --> 01:17:17.000 Welcome to kt r H Garden Line with Skip Rict. 1411 01:17:17.159 --> 01:17:38.199 It's just watching a look back back to the garden Line. 1412 01:17:38.199 --> 01:17:40.479 We got some plant talk to do here, so let's 1413 01:17:40.520 --> 01:17:43.680 get going on plant talking. Glad to have you with 1414 01:17:43.800 --> 01:17:46.319 us today, by the way, looking forward to helping you 1415 01:17:46.439 --> 01:17:49.680 have a more bountiful garden and a more beautiful landscape. 1416 01:17:50.199 --> 01:17:50.319 Uh. 1417 01:17:50.399 --> 01:17:51.920 You know one way you can do that is by 1418 01:17:52.520 --> 01:17:56.479 finding a quality garden center. And and you know that 1419 01:17:57.039 --> 01:17:59.239 it makes all the difference in the world. There are 1420 01:17:59.319 --> 01:18:02.039 places of I'll sell you a plant, and they'll also 1421 01:18:02.119 --> 01:18:03.880 sell you a hammer in a two by four, and 1422 01:18:04.960 --> 01:18:08.840 you know the painting things and whatnot. When you're looking 1423 01:18:08.880 --> 01:18:10.840 at buying plants, you want to buy them from a 1424 01:18:10.920 --> 01:18:14.079 place that knows what they're talking about. And in Jenny 1425 01:18:14.119 --> 01:18:18.079 Gardens down in the Richmond Rosenberg area is a place 1426 01:18:18.239 --> 01:18:21.279 like that. When you go to in Chenne Gardens, you 1427 01:18:21.479 --> 01:18:23.319 know the plants are going to be in top shape. 1428 01:18:23.720 --> 01:18:26.720 They are going to be species and varieties or cultivars 1429 01:18:26.800 --> 01:18:29.720 that want to grow here. You know that people that 1430 01:18:29.800 --> 01:18:31.680 wait on you, that come talk to you are going 1431 01:18:31.720 --> 01:18:33.960 to be friendly and they are going to be knowledgeable, 1432 01:18:34.039 --> 01:18:36.359 and they're going to help you have success. Now in 1433 01:18:36.479 --> 01:18:38.319 Jenny Gardens, if you haven't been there, it's on FM 1434 01:18:38.399 --> 01:18:41.279 three fifty nine. So if you're in Richmond and you 1435 01:18:41.520 --> 01:18:44.479 head toward Katie, that is the direction you want to 1436 01:18:44.520 --> 01:18:48.600 be FM three point fifty nine north of Richmond. Here's 1437 01:18:48.640 --> 01:18:53.119 a website, Enchanted Gardens Richmond dot com. It's an excellent website. 1438 01:18:53.159 --> 01:18:57.239 You need to check it out. Enchanted Gardens Richmond dot com. 1439 01:18:57.399 --> 01:19:01.640 It's an unforgettable experience to go to visit their garden center. 1440 01:19:01.800 --> 01:19:05.680 Their selection of plants, trees and shrubs, their knowledge it's 1441 01:19:05.760 --> 01:19:08.800 just unmatched in the Katy area. And so all of 1442 01:19:08.880 --> 01:19:12.680 you that are looking for some special plants, some maybe 1443 01:19:12.800 --> 01:19:15.279 some bling to go with your garden, like a fountain, 1444 01:19:15.399 --> 01:19:19.920 a chimes, a whimsical garden art. They've got that and 1445 01:19:21.399 --> 01:19:24.479 so much more. When you walk around there, plan some 1446 01:19:24.640 --> 01:19:28.000 time for your visit because it is a wide spread out, 1447 01:19:28.159 --> 01:19:31.680 beautiful place and it just like you just need time 1448 01:19:31.840 --> 01:19:34.399 to take it all in because there is everything you 1449 01:19:34.600 --> 01:19:37.159 possibly want. They're going to carry the fertilizers I talk 1450 01:19:37.159 --> 01:19:39.159 about on Guardline, They're going to carry the soils I 1451 01:19:39.239 --> 01:19:41.680 talk about on guard Line, and the mulches I talk 1452 01:19:41.680 --> 01:19:44.159 about on garden Line. They're open Monday through Saturday, eight 1453 01:19:44.199 --> 01:19:47.960 to five on Sunday from ten am to four pm, 1454 01:19:48.359 --> 01:19:51.600 so you can get out there today and tomorrow as 1455 01:19:51.640 --> 01:19:54.279 well and pick up some of the things that will 1456 01:19:54.359 --> 01:19:56.680 help you have success. And one of the things you 1457 01:19:56.760 --> 01:19:59.960 pick up when you go to Unchanted Gardens is quality, advice, 1458 01:20:00.000 --> 01:20:03.119 ice and instruction. If you got a problem, put it 1459 01:20:03.159 --> 01:20:05.600 in a bag, bring it in, take a picture of whatever, 1460 01:20:05.960 --> 01:20:08.800 show it to them so they can help you have success. 1461 01:20:08.840 --> 01:20:11.000 They've been doing that since nineteen ninety five when the 1462 01:20:11.079 --> 01:20:15.000 Lindermann family, uh, you know, when in Chenny Gardens opened up. 1463 01:20:15.800 --> 01:20:18.039 It's a place that you do need to visit. And 1464 01:20:18.079 --> 01:20:20.239 I'm telling you people know and they take their friends 1465 01:20:20.319 --> 01:20:23.239 there there. The other day and somebody from Austin, Texas 1466 01:20:23.399 --> 01:20:25.880 was over there shopping because they'd heard about it and 1467 01:20:25.960 --> 01:20:28.079 they wanted to see it, and their mouth was hanging 1468 01:20:28.119 --> 01:20:32.439 wide open. That's the effect that has on people. All Right, 1469 01:20:32.560 --> 01:20:34.720 you're listening to garden Line our phone number seven one 1470 01:20:34.800 --> 01:20:38.079 three two one two fifty eight seventy four. We're going 1471 01:20:38.159 --> 01:20:41.399 to go out to Josh in Spring Branch, Texas and 1472 01:20:41.720 --> 01:20:43.520 talk to Josh. Hey. Welcome to garden Line. 1473 01:20:43.439 --> 01:20:45.359 Josh, Hey, schipe. 1474 01:20:45.359 --> 01:20:46.000 I appreciate it. 1475 01:20:46.079 --> 01:20:48.760 I got a question on a lat peliciana peach. When 1476 01:20:48.840 --> 01:20:51.119 I planted it, I was doing it based off of 1477 01:20:51.279 --> 01:20:55.079 the you know, projected sigh that w ten to twelve feet. 1478 01:20:55.680 --> 01:20:57.680 There was a little fight up against my fence because 1479 01:20:57.680 --> 01:21:02.920 it's getting bigger than those ranges that they indicated, And 1480 01:21:03.159 --> 01:21:06.840 so I'm serious on is it okay to just give 1481 01:21:06.920 --> 01:21:09.720 it a really hard pruiting and take the whole tree 1482 01:21:09.880 --> 01:21:13.920 back to some of the bigger branches and kind of 1483 01:21:14.039 --> 01:21:17.279 regain its size over the next couple of years. Or 1484 01:21:17.399 --> 01:21:20.319 is that bad crudent practice for a peach tree? 1485 01:21:21.800 --> 01:21:24.920 Yeah? Good, good question, Josh. How big did they tell 1486 01:21:24.920 --> 01:21:25.720 you it was going to get? 1487 01:21:27.520 --> 01:21:29.159 I mean, I'm planning it a couple of years ago, 1488 01:21:29.239 --> 01:21:31.640 but I think the tag sent like ten to twelve feet, 1489 01:21:32.359 --> 01:21:34.760 and so I gave it kind of tick feet off 1490 01:21:34.840 --> 01:21:39.239 of my fences kind of. It's in a corner section 1491 01:21:39.359 --> 01:21:42.520 in my yard. It's starting to creep into the neighbor's 1492 01:21:42.600 --> 01:21:43.319 yard a little bit. 1493 01:21:44.560 --> 01:21:49.880 It's okay. They they don't want free peaches, you know, 1494 01:21:50.119 --> 01:21:51.039 I told them. 1495 01:21:51.119 --> 01:21:52.880 I told them, if you guys ever need to prune it, 1496 01:21:53.039 --> 01:21:56.640 go ahead. But you know, I'm just serious. What's the 1497 01:21:56.720 --> 01:21:58.000 best way to manage. 1498 01:21:57.680 --> 01:22:03.880 The Yeah, sure, okay, So in good going conditions, that 1499 01:22:03.960 --> 01:22:07.279 can get big, and that's for sure. I wouldn't hack 1500 01:22:07.359 --> 01:22:10.520 it way back. That creates a weak branch structure. But 1501 01:22:10.640 --> 01:22:13.000 if you'll start with, let's just use the limb going 1502 01:22:13.039 --> 01:22:16.159 into your neighbor's yard. Come back from that limb to 1503 01:22:16.479 --> 01:22:21.279 far enough to where there's a side branch that if 1504 01:22:21.319 --> 01:22:25.359 you pruned it back just above that side branch, that 1505 01:22:25.640 --> 01:22:28.119 that would be acceptable. And what that's going to do 1506 01:22:28.239 --> 01:22:30.960 is it's going to stimulate new growth. Peaches produce on 1507 01:22:31.119 --> 01:22:33.680 one year old wood, meaning the shoots that are growing 1508 01:22:33.760 --> 01:22:37.119 this year will fruit next year and then they'll never 1509 01:22:37.279 --> 01:22:41.720 fruit again. Branches that come off of those next year 1510 01:22:41.880 --> 01:22:45.119 will fruit the following year. So every time you prune back, 1511 01:22:45.239 --> 01:22:47.199 if you can, rather than just hack it off like 1512 01:22:47.239 --> 01:22:49.840 the end of a broom handle, find a side shoot 1513 01:22:49.960 --> 01:22:51.840 and cut it back to that. Like think of it 1514 01:22:51.840 --> 01:22:55.079 as a highway system where you're going to block the highway, 1515 01:22:55.239 --> 01:22:57.800 so you do it just past an exit ramp. That's 1516 01:22:57.920 --> 01:23:00.479 kind of what we're looking at visually on these branches, 1517 01:23:00.960 --> 01:23:03.399 and that is a better way to prune. And as 1518 01:23:03.479 --> 01:23:05.720 you stay with that, you can keep it in bounds. 1519 01:23:06.119 --> 01:23:08.600 But just remember there's sometimes when you take a branch 1520 01:23:08.640 --> 01:23:10.479 all the way back to where it attaches off the 1521 01:23:10.560 --> 01:23:14.520 main scoffolds, and new branches will grow because you're always 1522 01:23:14.600 --> 01:23:18.039 wanting to produce new wood toward the inside of the tree. 1523 01:23:18.520 --> 01:23:20.520 That's why we don't let stuff go up in the 1524 01:23:20.600 --> 01:23:22.720 top of the tree to shade out the interior. That 1525 01:23:22.880 --> 01:23:25.560 interior ought to be getting like so that it can 1526 01:23:25.600 --> 01:23:33.800 be fruitful. Yea, all right, well, good luck. 1527 01:23:33.960 --> 01:23:34.119 Hey. 1528 01:23:34.159 --> 01:23:38.079 If you go to the Aggie Horticulture website, it's Aggie 1529 01:23:38.159 --> 01:23:41.880 hyphen Horticulture. I think there's a fruit and nut button 1530 01:23:41.960 --> 01:23:44.039 on the very front page and if you click on that, 1531 01:23:44.279 --> 01:23:47.760 there's a whole publication dedicated to peaches and plums and 1532 01:23:47.880 --> 01:23:51.199 how to prune them. And so that may be also 1533 01:23:51.319 --> 01:23:54.600 helpful for you to take a look at all. Right, thanks, Josh, 1534 01:23:54.840 --> 01:23:58.880 I appreciate the call. You bet take care. You know, 1535 01:23:58.960 --> 01:24:04.960 we talk about the importance of getting a quality fertilizer 1536 01:24:05.079 --> 01:24:07.760 down in your garden, and I talk about slow release 1537 01:24:07.800 --> 01:24:11.399 products all the time because they gradually release over time. 1538 01:24:11.840 --> 01:24:15.600 Sweet green from nitrofoss is not slow release. It will release, 1539 01:24:16.359 --> 01:24:18.920 go ahead and dissolve and release away. But here's what 1540 01:24:19.119 --> 01:24:21.279 you do with sweet green. Sweet green is an organic 1541 01:24:21.359 --> 01:24:26.039 type fertilizer that really stimulates beneficial microbes because it's a 1542 01:24:26.119 --> 01:24:29.199 molasses based and organic gardeners have known for a long time. 1543 01:24:29.319 --> 01:24:32.800 Molasses stimulates the microbial activity in the soil, being a 1544 01:24:32.960 --> 01:24:36.479 carbon source that those bugs. If you will need in 1545 01:24:36.560 --> 01:24:39.720 the soil, sweet green, you just take the application of it. 1546 01:24:39.800 --> 01:24:43.239 It's about ten percent nitrogen, about eleven percent nitrogen. Cut 1547 01:24:43.279 --> 01:24:46.760 it in half, put about five pounds on now if 1548 01:24:46.800 --> 01:24:49.640 you haven't fertilized in a while, and then wait about 1549 01:24:49.840 --> 01:24:52.600 six to eight weeks up to two months, and then 1550 01:24:52.640 --> 01:24:55.680 put the other five pounds on and that spreads that 1551 01:24:55.840 --> 01:24:58.600 release out over time. You get much more even growth, 1552 01:24:58.960 --> 01:25:02.720 but you get sweet is a wonderful, wonderful fertilizer works well, 1553 01:25:03.039 --> 01:25:06.119 wonderful fragrance to it and it provides that boost that 1554 01:25:06.199 --> 01:25:08.960 your lawn needs. Just remember when you apply it, let's 1555 01:25:08.960 --> 01:25:10.680 spread it out in a couple and you put in 1556 01:25:10.800 --> 01:25:13.359 three applications if you want it, but just a little 1557 01:25:13.399 --> 01:25:17.159 bit over time to help support that good growth. We're 1558 01:25:17.239 --> 01:25:19.520 going to have to take a break here for the news. 1559 01:25:19.840 --> 01:25:21.800 Alan in Beytown, you will be the first when we 1560 01:25:21.880 --> 01:25:28.319 come right back. Welcome back to Guardline. Good to heavy 1561 01:25:28.399 --> 01:25:30.680 with us. We are here to talk about the things 1562 01:25:31.159 --> 01:25:33.079 that help you have a more beautiful lawn, a more 1563 01:25:33.239 --> 01:25:36.000 bountiful garden, a more beautiful landscape. By the way, if 1564 01:25:36.000 --> 01:25:38.760 you want a beautiful landscape on day, who can do it? 1565 01:25:39.199 --> 01:25:41.760 And that is Peer Scapes. You got it. Let me 1566 01:25:41.880 --> 01:25:43.920 just give you their website first thing, because you've got 1567 01:25:44.000 --> 01:25:46.560 to go see it. I can describe it, but when 1568 01:25:46.640 --> 01:25:52.159 you see it, it's like wow, pierscapes dot com. That's easy, 1569 01:25:52.239 --> 01:25:55.199 isn't it. Peerscapes dot com. You can go to peerscapes 1570 01:25:55.239 --> 01:25:57.159 dot com. See the work they do. They do all 1571 01:25:57.279 --> 01:26:00.640 kinds of things at peer scapes. They will do irrigation 1572 01:26:00.800 --> 01:26:02.760 work for you, they will do drainage work for you. 1573 01:26:02.920 --> 01:26:06.319 They can do hardscapes. You know, like stone walkways and 1574 01:26:06.399 --> 01:26:09.720 patios for example. They can do landscape lighting. They can 1575 01:26:09.840 --> 01:26:12.399 do quarterly bed maintenance. You know, come in. You just 1576 01:26:12.520 --> 01:26:15.680 go look these beds. I can't get them. I can't 1577 01:26:15.760 --> 01:26:17.960 keep them up. They're not looking right. I want you 1578 01:26:18.039 --> 01:26:19.439 to come in. I want you to weed them, to 1579 01:26:19.520 --> 01:26:23.000 fertilize them. Check the irrigation, do any trimming needed, put 1580 01:26:23.039 --> 01:26:26.920 some malts down, change out the flowers season as seasonally, 1581 01:26:26.960 --> 01:26:28.479 you know, to do it twice a year, three times 1582 01:26:28.520 --> 01:26:30.880 a year, four times a year, whatever you want, and 1583 01:26:31.079 --> 01:26:33.840 have them come in and do it with Peerscapes. Peerscapes 1584 01:26:33.880 --> 01:26:36.960 dot com. That's the website. Here's a phone number two 1585 01:26:37.039 --> 01:26:41.760 eight one three seven o five zero six zero Peerscapes. 1586 01:26:42.319 --> 01:26:44.520 We're going to go now out to Baytown and talk 1587 01:26:44.600 --> 01:26:47.399 to Allen. Hello Ellen, and welcome to Guardline. 1588 01:26:48.520 --> 01:26:52.920 Good morning. My question is brand new home, just moved 1589 01:26:52.960 --> 01:26:56.000 in last week. Front yard is in a pretty good shape. 1590 01:26:56.039 --> 01:26:58.880 I can deal with that backyard into a blank canvas, 1591 01:27:00.039 --> 01:27:03.079 sand and weeds. But my main issue is I have 1592 01:27:03.279 --> 01:27:08.680 about I could be underestimating over thousands and thousands of 1593 01:27:09.399 --> 01:27:13.640 snails everywhere. I need to get rid of one. 1594 01:27:14.960 --> 01:27:20.680 I mean, they love the rain we've been having. If 1595 01:27:20.720 --> 01:27:21.199 you get. 1596 01:27:24.840 --> 01:27:27.760 Go ahead, do you want to say about three weeks 1597 01:27:27.800 --> 01:27:29.279 ago and the first looked at the place. I mean, 1598 01:27:29.319 --> 01:27:31.840 they were everywhere to being called this rain kit even 1599 01:27:31.840 --> 01:27:33.640 before barhited. 1600 01:27:35.359 --> 01:27:41.359 But well they they they love decaying organic matter of course, moistures. 1601 01:27:41.399 --> 01:27:42.199 They're happy with that. 1602 01:27:42.960 --> 01:27:43.079 Uh. 1603 01:27:43.920 --> 01:27:45.720 What you're going to need to do is get some bait. 1604 01:27:46.399 --> 01:27:48.640 That's the best way to approach it. There are a 1605 01:27:48.760 --> 01:27:52.399 number of products out there that are snail and slug baits. 1606 01:27:53.000 --> 01:27:55.279 One of the more common ones is called slug O 1607 01:27:55.720 --> 01:27:59.760 s l U g g O. There's also a Slugo plus, 1608 01:28:00.439 --> 01:28:03.640 a Slugo plus that also has spinosa. By the way, 1609 01:28:03.680 --> 01:28:07.640 Slugo is an iron an iron compound that causes a 1610 01:28:07.760 --> 01:28:11.279 terminal case of constipation and snails. Isn't that a pleasant? 1611 01:28:12.960 --> 01:28:17.680 But Slugo plus, as Spinos said, and the bait as well. Uh, 1612 01:28:17.880 --> 01:28:20.039 and with the Spino said, in the bait, it'll also 1613 01:28:20.079 --> 01:28:22.439 get some other insects that are out there as well. 1614 01:28:22.479 --> 01:28:25.560 But one of those two, there are other slug baits. 1615 01:28:26.039 --> 01:28:28.880 You know, you go to an ACE hardware store. You've 1616 01:28:28.960 --> 01:28:32.279 got several ACE hardware stores there in the Cypress area. 1617 01:28:32.880 --> 01:28:35.079 One on Jones road. You know, M and D is 1618 01:28:35.079 --> 01:28:37.079 a low further north up in the Cypress area. 1619 01:28:37.600 --> 01:28:38.039 Just h. 1620 01:28:39.520 --> 01:28:41.319 Just swing by there and sandy to snail bait and 1621 01:28:41.319 --> 01:28:44.000 they'll point you to it. Now, snall boat needs to 1622 01:28:44.079 --> 01:28:46.720 be fresh, so don't store it in an old hot 1623 01:28:47.359 --> 01:28:49.399 you know building behind the house. 1624 01:28:49.960 --> 01:28:50.359 Uh it. 1625 01:28:50.600 --> 01:28:53.680 And you need to put it out in small quantities 1626 01:28:54.159 --> 01:28:56.880 in several different places because snails, you know, they don't 1627 01:28:56.920 --> 01:28:58.479 run back and forth across the yard. 1628 01:28:59.079 --> 01:28:59.199 Uh. 1629 01:28:59.399 --> 01:29:02.039 And just if it rains, dump it out and get 1630 01:29:02.079 --> 01:29:04.159 some fresh bait and put it in because it's important 1631 01:29:04.560 --> 01:29:07.800 that the bait is attractive to the snails, and old bait, 1632 01:29:08.079 --> 01:29:11.039 soggy baits and stuff are not going to be attractive. 1633 01:29:11.960 --> 01:29:14.880 Okay. I can do all over the picket fence, everywhere, 1634 01:29:15.159 --> 01:29:16.600 up and down the wall of the house. 1635 01:29:18.600 --> 01:29:18.800 Yeah. 1636 01:29:19.760 --> 01:29:22.479 Well, it's only when they chewr plants that there are problems. 1637 01:29:22.600 --> 01:29:24.880 You know, it's not necessarily a problem. You know, they say, 1638 01:29:24.920 --> 01:29:27.000 when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Have you ever 1639 01:29:27.039 --> 01:29:27.840 heard of s cargo? 1640 01:29:29.239 --> 01:29:29.439 Ah? 1641 01:29:29.600 --> 01:29:33.560 Yeah, I won't touch it, not on my plate. 1642 01:29:35.239 --> 01:29:37.119 I don't even know what kind of snails they make that. 1643 01:29:37.279 --> 01:29:41.720 Out of keeping that beat attitude here on guard Line, Okay, 1644 01:29:42.920 --> 01:29:50.680 thanks for your under control. Yeah, advice is free sometimes 1645 01:29:50.720 --> 01:29:53.399 the free advice may be. And that's so sure about that. 1646 01:29:54.119 --> 01:29:56.159 All right, We're going to go now out to Cypress 1647 01:29:56.199 --> 01:29:57.800 and talk to Tom. Hello, Tom. 1648 01:29:59.239 --> 01:30:03.960 More, can you hear me? Okay, we're sounding kind of okay, 1649 01:30:04.039 --> 01:30:06.399 you're sounding front of you on this end, but anyway, 1650 01:30:06.880 --> 01:30:14.640 I'm yeah, that's good. Okay. I've bought some cucumber seeds 1651 01:30:14.680 --> 01:30:17.199 off a rack here this spring and planted them, and 1652 01:30:17.279 --> 01:30:22.239 they said they were English cucumbers, said they're both less 1653 01:30:22.359 --> 01:30:26.600 and long slender. But when they when I grew some cucumbers, 1654 01:30:26.680 --> 01:30:30.159 they're they're not like that at all. They grow about 1655 01:30:30.640 --> 01:30:34.880 almost completely spherical, and they get about five inches in diameter, 1656 01:30:35.720 --> 01:30:38.399 and I've never seen cucumbers like that. I like them. 1657 01:30:38.439 --> 01:30:41.359 They're real crisped and they taste good. But can you 1658 01:30:41.479 --> 01:30:43.920 tell me what those are so I can buy some 1659 01:30:44.119 --> 01:30:49.039 next year? Or alternately, how would I treat my seeds 1660 01:30:49.079 --> 01:30:51.680 so that I can just save some seeds and grow 1661 01:30:51.680 --> 01:30:54.000 the next year. Yeah. 1662 01:30:54.359 --> 01:30:56.479 I don't know the name of the variety you got, 1663 01:30:56.720 --> 01:30:59.239 but there are those kinds of cucumbers. Are these by 1664 01:30:59.279 --> 01:31:01.760 any chance to they are? They kind of yellowish when 1665 01:31:01.800 --> 01:31:04.800 they're still right before they get all old and and 1666 01:31:05.399 --> 01:31:11.039 tough skinned, they do they turn yellow as opposed to No. 1667 01:31:11.239 --> 01:31:13.119 They were the only one to turn yellow run I 1668 01:31:13.319 --> 01:31:16.199 was laid in the water and went bad. But they 1669 01:31:16.319 --> 01:31:20.640 stay kind of light green and they're not They're not 1670 01:31:20.800 --> 01:31:24.079 waxy feeling. They just kind of a dry skinned rather 1671 01:31:24.159 --> 01:31:26.119 than like the ones you buy in the store kind of. 1672 01:31:27.760 --> 01:31:30.680 You know what I do is there's some great seed 1673 01:31:30.760 --> 01:31:32.960 companies out there. This is gonna be an unusual thing 1674 01:31:33.079 --> 01:31:35.880 that you don't just buy at every garden center. I 1675 01:31:35.920 --> 01:31:40.920 would probably do a search for round cucumber seed seeds 1676 01:31:41.000 --> 01:31:45.479 and places like oh gosh, h high chances would be 1677 01:31:45.560 --> 01:31:48.520 Johnny's Seed Company. It's up in Maine, but they have 1678 01:31:48.600 --> 01:31:52.279 a huge selection of stuff. Who else might have that. 1679 01:31:52.399 --> 01:31:54.680 You might find something like that at parks or Burpies 1680 01:31:54.720 --> 01:31:57.399 one of those seed companies to get those seeds in. 1681 01:31:57.800 --> 01:31:59.920 But I do I do a search for it. 1682 01:32:00.720 --> 01:32:03.439 Okay, Well, how about saving the seeds and growing next year. 1683 01:32:03.479 --> 01:32:05.840 I mean that's what people have done for thousands of years. 1684 01:32:05.880 --> 01:32:10.479 I guess, yeah, that should work if it's not a hybrid. 1685 01:32:10.640 --> 01:32:14.039 If it's a hybrid, then the offspring will be different 1686 01:32:14.119 --> 01:32:20.399 than mama, they'll be yea more reflecting the parentage, you know, 1687 01:32:20.560 --> 01:32:23.720 up the line. So you guys, if you like them, 1688 01:32:23.760 --> 01:32:25.600 it's worth the try. And you know, I mean, I 1689 01:32:25.640 --> 01:32:27.479 don't know if you want to become the next plant 1690 01:32:27.520 --> 01:32:30.279 breeder in the world. But you could always plant a 1691 01:32:30.319 --> 01:32:33.000 bunch and if some are around, some aren't, pull up 1692 01:32:33.039 --> 01:32:35.399 all the ones that aren't round and save the seeds 1693 01:32:35.399 --> 01:32:37.000 on the one that are round. You do that two 1694 01:32:37.079 --> 01:32:38.479 or three times and you probably end up with a 1695 01:32:38.520 --> 01:32:40.439 pretty stable seed seed. 1696 01:32:40.760 --> 01:32:43.600 Yeah, but what's a good way to store them? I mean, 1697 01:32:44.079 --> 01:32:45.600 I've got a few. I just put them in a 1698 01:32:45.640 --> 01:32:50.520 little paper cup, put them in a refrigerator. But what's 1699 01:32:50.560 --> 01:32:52.319 a good way to save them so they're viable? 1700 01:32:53.680 --> 01:32:56.039 Yeah, put them on the counter, let them dry out completely. 1701 01:32:56.159 --> 01:32:58.560 It's very important to get all the water out of 1702 01:32:58.640 --> 01:33:01.560 the seed. Okay, several weeks on the counter to do that. 1703 01:33:02.520 --> 01:33:05.439 Then put them in something that's air tight. It can 1704 01:33:05.479 --> 01:33:08.279 be one of those little containers that you put frozen 1705 01:33:08.319 --> 01:33:11.079 food down with the pop down lids, you know, that 1706 01:33:11.239 --> 01:33:14.880 are air tight. If you have these little packets of 1707 01:33:15.000 --> 01:33:18.439 the descont that typically come in vitamins and electronics, you 1708 01:33:18.520 --> 01:33:22.760 get those little packets to keep moisture box. Throw those 1709 01:33:22.840 --> 01:33:25.720 in there because they'll help with that. And then refrigerator 1710 01:33:25.800 --> 01:33:28.159 storage is fine. You should get several years out of 1711 01:33:28.239 --> 01:33:32.039 cucumbers and stored in the refrigerator. Just remember when you 1712 01:33:32.159 --> 01:33:34.960 take it out, let it warm to room temperature before 1713 01:33:35.000 --> 01:33:37.800 you open it up. Otherwise it'll be like anything cold. 1714 01:33:37.840 --> 01:33:40.319 You pull out the refrigerator, you start to get condensation 1715 01:33:40.520 --> 01:33:43.479 on it, and you just defeated. You're trying to keep 1716 01:33:43.520 --> 01:33:46.079 it dry. So let it let it hit room temperature 1717 01:33:46.119 --> 01:33:46.960 before you open it up. 1718 01:33:48.119 --> 01:33:51.439 Okay, Well, I appreciate the information, and I like these things. 1719 01:33:51.479 --> 01:33:54.479 I mean, slice them in there. I call them a 1720 01:33:54.560 --> 01:33:56.960 garden cookie. You know, they're just really good at a 1721 01:33:57.039 --> 01:33:59.319 refrigerator by a half an inch thick and they're five 1722 01:33:59.359 --> 01:34:03.680 inch diam cookie. So anyway, I appreciate it. 1723 01:34:04.119 --> 01:34:04.439 Thanks. 1724 01:34:05.079 --> 01:34:07.239 The last thing you need to do is name them 1725 01:34:07.359 --> 01:34:11.439 Tom's softball cucumbers and uh then you can you can 1726 01:34:11.560 --> 01:34:12.920 be famous and sell them like that. 1727 01:34:13.560 --> 01:34:15.439 Yeah. Okay, I thought you're going to say I need 1728 01:34:15.520 --> 01:34:17.520 to bring you half of them, but I could do 1729 01:34:17.640 --> 01:34:17.960 that too. 1730 01:34:19.199 --> 01:34:23.199 Oh my gosh, I am not doing my duties. Absolutely, 1731 01:34:23.319 --> 01:34:25.840 this sounds kind of fast. About half of the produce 1732 01:34:26.039 --> 01:34:28.640 or two seeds. Either way, Well we'll call it even. 1733 01:34:28.840 --> 01:34:32.159 Thanks Tom, all right, well thanks to all right, bye 1734 01:34:32.520 --> 01:34:32.880 bye bye. 1735 01:34:34.920 --> 01:34:35.439 That's good. 1736 01:34:36.079 --> 01:34:36.640 I like that. 1737 01:34:37.239 --> 01:34:37.319 Uh. 1738 01:34:37.520 --> 01:34:39.880 You know, the ACE Hardware stores are all over the 1739 01:34:39.920 --> 01:34:42.159 Greater Houston area, and I was telling somebody earlier. You know, 1740 01:34:42.239 --> 01:34:43.960 it's go to ACE up in the Cypress area. You 1741 01:34:44.000 --> 01:34:46.199 know I mentioned too, that are right up there. You 1742 01:34:46.279 --> 01:34:48.640 head down south the Cypress and you got Langham Creek, 1743 01:34:48.880 --> 01:34:52.000 you know, in the Barker Cypress or the Copperfield area 1744 01:34:52.439 --> 01:34:56.039 rather a hardware. There's forty eight hardware stores around Houston. 1745 01:34:56.159 --> 01:34:57.840 And when you go into ACE, you know you're going 1746 01:34:57.880 --> 01:35:02.840 to find insecticite, fertilizer, funge, your side herbicide to control weeds. 1747 01:35:02.880 --> 01:35:05.039 You're going to find all the tools you need. You're 1748 01:35:05.039 --> 01:35:09.000 gonna find a lot of other products, organic, synthetic. It's 1749 01:35:09.039 --> 01:35:11.279 all there at ACE, as well as folks that'll greet you, 1750 01:35:11.720 --> 01:35:14.920 smile and point you in the right direction. ACE Hardware 1751 01:35:15.199 --> 01:35:18.439 is the place. By the way, after this rain, fire 1752 01:35:18.520 --> 01:35:21.159 ants will be boiling up out of the ground. You'll 1753 01:35:21.159 --> 01:35:23.960 see the mounds start to appear. Get you your fire 1754 01:35:24.000 --> 01:35:26.439 ant bait from ACE and be ready to go. Treat them. 1755 01:35:26.720 --> 01:35:30.600 Now's the time. After this rain, mosquitos will be breeding 1756 01:35:30.880 --> 01:35:34.600 and they will be everywhere. Get your mosquito dunks and 1757 01:35:34.680 --> 01:35:37.359 your mosquito repellents or your fogers or whatever you need 1758 01:35:37.760 --> 01:35:41.520 from Race Hardware store Acehardware dot Com. Find the store 1759 01:35:41.600 --> 01:35:43.720 locator and you can find one of those forty stores 1760 01:35:43.920 --> 01:35:47.279 close to you. We are going to now head to 1761 01:35:47.920 --> 01:35:50.880 sugar Land and talk to Johnny. Hey, Johnny, welcome to 1762 01:35:50.960 --> 01:35:52.800 garden Line. I got about a minute before I have 1763 01:35:52.920 --> 01:35:54.960 to take a break here, but we'll hold you over 1764 01:35:55.000 --> 01:36:01.359 if we need to. Yes, So, miss h about side. 1765 01:36:01.479 --> 01:36:06.600 I just pended to pallets aside and with all this rain, 1766 01:36:06.680 --> 01:36:08.600 and then I had a tree cut down in the 1767 01:36:08.680 --> 01:36:13.359 backyard that they kind of trampled over the new slide. 1768 01:36:13.439 --> 01:36:15.319 Will that come back or do I need to pull 1769 01:36:15.439 --> 01:36:20.159 out what's kind of all dirt, no grass and reslotted. 1770 01:36:21.600 --> 01:36:24.399 Yeah, Johnny, I'd give it a chance. You may lift one. 1771 01:36:24.479 --> 01:36:26.720 If it's kind of like crushed in, you may lift 1772 01:36:26.800 --> 01:36:28.920 it up, smooth a swill line underneath it, and then 1773 01:36:29.000 --> 01:36:31.199 lay it back down. If it's already got roots in 1774 01:36:31.239 --> 01:36:32.119 the ground, just leave it. 1775 01:36:32.760 --> 01:36:37.439 I think, Yeah, it's been down, it's been down eight 1776 01:36:37.560 --> 01:36:42.680 weeks and well this was all green when I put 1777 01:36:42.720 --> 01:36:46.399 it down, but because of the shade, it kind of 1778 01:36:46.439 --> 01:36:47.399 started going away. 1779 01:36:49.279 --> 01:36:51.359 Well, hang on, I'm gonna run. I have to run 1780 01:36:51.399 --> 01:36:53.039 to a quick break. If you want to stick around, 1781 01:36:53.279 --> 01:36:56.760 we'll continue this discussion just a bit of somewhere. I 1782 01:36:56.880 --> 01:36:59.680 got the Boostky Brees, hang on back in the guard line. 1783 01:37:00.840 --> 01:37:02.560 Good to have you with us today. Hey, if you've 1784 01:37:02.560 --> 01:37:08.000 been out west to Katie, your West Houston Garden center 1785 01:37:08.399 --> 01:37:12.079 is Nelson Nursery and Water Gardens outing Katie. It's just 1786 01:37:12.159 --> 01:37:15.680 a hop skipping a jump outside of town. Here's what 1787 01:37:15.800 --> 01:37:17.640 you do. You head out of ten, you turn north 1788 01:37:17.680 --> 01:37:20.079 on Katie Fort Ben Road crossover and you're just right. 1789 01:37:20.279 --> 01:37:22.199 It's right there on the right hand side, easy to 1790 01:37:22.279 --> 01:37:25.000 get to. Now you know, they're known for the water garden. 1791 01:37:25.039 --> 01:37:29.399 They're nationally known for their water gardens, disappearing fountains and 1792 01:37:30.159 --> 01:37:33.359 waterfalls and oh my gosh, all kinds of things. They'll 1793 01:37:33.399 --> 01:37:36.960 come do it, create that kind of thing at your property, 1794 01:37:37.479 --> 01:37:40.920 and believe me, it is so wonderful to have the 1795 01:37:41.079 --> 01:37:44.079 sound of water and the beauty on your property. They'll 1796 01:37:44.119 --> 01:37:46.000 help you if you don't do it yourself. They can 1797 01:37:46.039 --> 01:37:48.319 provide you some materials and guide you tell you a 1798 01:37:48.359 --> 01:37:50.640 little bit about how you go about it to do itself. 1799 01:37:50.760 --> 01:37:52.600 You won't do that. They got the fish, They got 1800 01:37:52.680 --> 01:37:56.000 the water, plants and everything else you need. By the way, 1801 01:37:56.119 --> 01:37:59.319 right now out there Nelson Water Garden and Nursery. Don't 1802 01:37:59.319 --> 01:38:02.039 forget that nurse because they have a lot of great plants. 1803 01:38:02.399 --> 01:38:06.319 Their fruiting trees and shrubs are half off fruiting. This 1804 01:38:06.520 --> 01:38:08.520 is your chance to get a really good deal on 1805 01:38:08.600 --> 01:38:11.720 some fruiting trees and shrubs. Specifically, the citrus is even 1806 01:38:11.880 --> 01:38:15.239 a little over a half off. Lots of varieties. They 1807 01:38:15.279 --> 01:38:17.479 have a huge selection oft crius. Last time I was 1808 01:38:17.520 --> 01:38:20.000 out there, I was really impressed and surprised just how 1809 01:38:20.079 --> 01:38:23.840 much they had. Nelson Water Garden and Nursery just north 1810 01:38:23.880 --> 01:38:28.279 of itown on Katie Fort Ben Road. Go to Nelsonwatergardens 1811 01:38:28.479 --> 01:38:31.680 dot com. You can find out more information there. We're 1812 01:38:31.680 --> 01:38:34.520 going to head now to back to talk to Johnny 1813 01:38:34.640 --> 01:38:38.399 and sugar Land. Hello Johnny, Hello, how you doing. 1814 01:38:40.640 --> 01:38:43.359 I'm the one with the new slide that I laid down, 1815 01:38:43.600 --> 01:38:45.760 and I just had a tree cut down because they 1816 01:38:45.840 --> 01:38:48.039 had some kind of bugs and it, so I cut 1817 01:38:48.119 --> 01:38:52.039 it down and then the new slide wasn't growing or 1818 01:38:52.880 --> 01:38:57.319 sand green because too much shade. But when they cut 1819 01:38:57.359 --> 01:38:58.920 it down they trampled over it. 1820 01:39:01.840 --> 01:39:05.399 Well that's not good. So you know, all you can 1821 01:39:05.479 --> 01:39:07.680 do is if in this wet soil, if you got 1822 01:39:07.720 --> 01:39:11.000 some divots and sunken areas and stuff, you know, get 1823 01:39:11.079 --> 01:39:13.920 that patched so that it's nice and level, so your 1824 01:39:14.119 --> 01:39:16.159 lawnmowar doesn't feel like it's going over the top of 1825 01:39:16.199 --> 01:39:19.600 the rocky mountains when you mow the lawn. But as 1826 01:39:19.640 --> 01:39:23.159 far as the shade, I don't know how much shade 1827 01:39:23.159 --> 01:39:24.720 you have, and there's no way you know on the 1828 01:39:24.880 --> 01:39:29.319 radio to communicate how much. But the war shade you get, 1829 01:39:29.960 --> 01:39:33.239 the less sun energy the grass gets, and the less 1830 01:39:33.319 --> 01:39:36.199 sun energy it gets, the slower it is to recuperate 1831 01:39:36.439 --> 01:39:39.920 to fill in to get thick, and so there's the 1832 01:39:40.039 --> 01:39:44.079 trade off. So more shade shade and more shade less energy, 1833 01:39:44.159 --> 01:39:45.359 less energy, less energy. 1834 01:39:45.399 --> 01:39:50.960 So that that's why I didn't know if I needed Yeah, 1835 01:39:51.079 --> 01:39:53.920 I didn't know if I needed to pull that thought out. 1836 01:39:54.359 --> 01:39:58.119 That's just got mainly a couple of twigs here and there, 1837 01:39:59.199 --> 01:40:01.079 and so I can rea sot it. And it's probably 1838 01:40:01.119 --> 01:40:03.000 a six foot by ten foot piece. 1839 01:40:04.600 --> 01:40:07.359 Okay, well, if it if it's true, if it's that bad, 1840 01:40:07.479 --> 01:40:09.239 a couple of twigs and a piece of side, you 1841 01:40:09.319 --> 01:40:13.119 definitely got to pull it out. You need some healthy grass, 1842 01:40:13.239 --> 01:40:16.640 not not more than a foot apart, uh, in order 1843 01:40:16.720 --> 01:40:19.439 for it to be able to crawl back and close over, 1844 01:40:19.840 --> 01:40:22.399 you know by the end of the summer. Right, That's 1845 01:40:22.439 --> 01:40:25.399 what I was afraid of. Yeah, so you don't want 1846 01:40:25.399 --> 01:40:27.239 to leave that because the bear soil means you're gonna 1847 01:40:27.239 --> 01:40:28.199 have weeds sprout there. 1848 01:40:29.079 --> 01:40:30.279 Yeah, you're gonna help do that. 1849 01:40:30.359 --> 01:40:32.840 But when you do it, even though it's been raining, 1850 01:40:32.960 --> 01:40:35.840 when you do it, put a little application of water 1851 01:40:35.960 --> 01:40:39.000 on twice a day, because that's what I did for 1852 01:40:39.119 --> 01:40:42.800 the first four week. Yeah. Yeah, we still have to 1853 01:40:42.840 --> 01:40:45.239 do it even though the soil is wet. Below that, 1854 01:40:45.680 --> 01:40:49.079 that little clay that hasn't what half inch or three 1855 01:40:49.159 --> 01:40:52.279 quarters of an inch or root grassroot, you got to 1856 01:40:52.359 --> 01:40:54.359 sustain that until it gets a root down in the 1857 01:40:54.439 --> 01:40:55.239 nice moist soil. 1858 01:40:55.359 --> 01:40:58.680 So okay, all right, Well, appreciate your help. 1859 01:40:58.920 --> 01:40:59.640 Thank you so much. 1860 01:41:00.279 --> 01:41:03.239 You bet, Yeah, thanks a lot, Johnny, appreciate that. Hey, 1861 01:41:03.239 --> 01:41:04.479 if you want to give us a call to ask 1862 01:41:04.560 --> 01:41:08.199 a gardening question. Seven one three two one two kt 1863 01:41:08.680 --> 01:41:13.760 R H seven one three two one two k t RH. Well, 1864 01:41:13.800 --> 01:41:15.039 I don't have to tell you that we just went 1865 01:41:15.079 --> 01:41:18.000 through two heck of a storms over two million. Some 1866 01:41:18.039 --> 01:41:20.479 people are saying up to three million homes without power 1867 01:41:20.560 --> 01:41:23.239 initially after Barrel and forty eight hours later, there's still 1868 01:41:23.239 --> 01:41:26.159 a million people without power. And this is not the 1869 01:41:26.199 --> 01:41:30.520 first time we've done this. People are now interested in generators. 1870 01:41:31.399 --> 01:41:35.479 They got our attention right. It matters where you buy 1871 01:41:35.520 --> 01:41:40.560 a generator, it matters quality. Home Products of Texas has 1872 01:41:40.920 --> 01:41:45.600 Generaic generators, high quality generators right now. They got five 1873 01:41:45.680 --> 01:41:48.720 hundred dollars off and zero percent interest for eighteen months. 1874 01:41:49.239 --> 01:41:51.800 Or if you've got a portable generator, trade it in, 1875 01:41:52.079 --> 01:41:54.399 just bring it in. They'll give you fifteen hundred dollars 1876 01:41:54.479 --> 01:41:57.600 for it, no matter what condition it's in. Fifteen hundred 1877 01:41:57.640 --> 01:42:02.039 dollars for no portable generator. Now GENERAK. The reason that 1878 01:42:02.159 --> 01:42:04.439 I say you need to call them is because of 1879 01:42:04.479 --> 01:42:07.560 the service that they provide. Over fourteen thousand and five 1880 01:42:07.600 --> 01:42:11.279 star reviews. Listen, they've served over seventy seven thousand homeowners 1881 01:42:11.560 --> 01:42:15.680 that people go there because of their reputation. Eight times 1882 01:42:15.680 --> 01:42:19.079 they've won the most prestigious Customer Service Award the Better 1883 01:42:19.159 --> 01:42:23.439 Business Bureau gives. When you sign up their turnkey, they 1884 01:42:23.600 --> 01:42:26.239 take you from the beginning and picking out the generator 1885 01:42:26.319 --> 01:42:29.479 you need. They talk with you. They discussing there's a 1886 01:42:29.520 --> 01:42:31.640 lot of factors and what kind of generator do you 1887 01:42:31.720 --> 01:42:33.960 need and what do we need to do so that 1888 01:42:34.119 --> 01:42:37.640 when the power goes off it comes on twenty four 1889 01:42:37.640 --> 01:42:42.479 to seven three sixty five customer service. It's just visiting 1890 01:42:42.520 --> 01:42:44.800 with some of the folks from Generak the other day 1891 01:42:45.399 --> 01:42:49.279 and as they began to spill their knowledge out about 1892 01:42:49.319 --> 01:42:52.880 all these details, like for example, some places just come 1893 01:42:52.920 --> 01:42:55.239 in and drop a lot thin slab on the generator, 1894 01:42:55.279 --> 01:42:58.319 plops down on it. There's no protection from a lawnmower 1895 01:42:58.399 --> 01:43:01.720 coming by and bumping it. It's going to over time. No, 1896 01:43:02.000 --> 01:43:06.079 they pour a slab steal reinforced slab that sticks out 1897 01:43:06.159 --> 01:43:09.119 beyond the generator to keep the lawnmower away. So why 1898 01:43:09.119 --> 01:43:11.840 am I going into that? That's just one example of 1899 01:43:11.920 --> 01:43:14.119 how Quality Home is different. I could give you one 1900 01:43:14.239 --> 01:43:18.800 hundred examples of how they're different. Qualitytx dot com is 1901 01:43:18.840 --> 01:43:23.239 a website seven to one three Quality that's the phone 1902 01:43:23.279 --> 01:43:26.840 number everybody's interested in generators. Don't delay. We got a 1903 01:43:26.920 --> 01:43:30.399 long hurricane season coming, uh and so now it's your 1904 01:43:30.479 --> 01:43:32.920 chance to give them a call. Quality home seven to 1905 01:43:32.960 --> 01:43:38.039 one three quality. We're gonna now head out to Tomball, 1906 01:43:38.159 --> 01:43:41.359 Texas and talk to Amy. Amy. I got about a minute, 1907 01:43:41.399 --> 01:43:42.880 but let's see if we can get it done or 1908 01:43:42.960 --> 01:43:44.640 need to hold it over after the part. 1909 01:43:45.960 --> 01:43:49.079 Okay, well, dond's freeing. I've got major mushroom barb in 1910 01:43:49.159 --> 01:43:52.600 my yard. Is that telling me something's not in balanced 1911 01:43:52.720 --> 01:43:53.159 by lawn? 1912 01:43:55.079 --> 01:43:58.279 Not at all. That's nature. Nature is happy. There is 1913 01:43:58.600 --> 01:44:02.800 organic matter underground, there is dead roots, there is thatch, 1914 01:44:02.960 --> 01:44:07.359 there's all kinds of things, and fungal organisms will grow 1915 01:44:07.479 --> 01:44:09.960 on that and then when the weather gives a change, 1916 01:44:10.199 --> 01:44:13.000 they pop up these little mushrooms. That's their fruiting body. 1917 01:44:13.319 --> 01:44:17.279 Sometimes they're in circles in your yard. Sometimes they're just 1918 01:44:17.439 --> 01:44:20.159 random here and there. Don't worry about that. They're gonna 1919 01:44:20.199 --> 01:44:22.279 go away. You don't even need to do anything about them. 1920 01:44:22.680 --> 01:44:26.159 That's just nature doing what nature does, and that's taking 1921 01:44:26.439 --> 01:44:31.479 organic matter and turning it back into quality soil. Okay, great, 1922 01:44:31.600 --> 01:44:35.399 thank you, you bet, thanks for the call. Appreciate you 1923 01:44:35.479 --> 01:44:37.319 call it. By the way, they are fine. If you've 1924 01:44:37.319 --> 01:44:41.600 got a golf club to go after them with, you 1925 01:44:41.680 --> 01:44:43.119 don't have to get rid of them. And that won't 1926 01:44:43.119 --> 01:44:48.600 get rid of them, my god, think, oh my gosh. 1927 01:44:48.920 --> 01:44:52.000 All right, all right, maybe take care of there in 1928 01:44:52.039 --> 01:44:54.439 tom Ball. Appreciate, appreciate your call. We're going to take 1929 01:44:54.439 --> 01:44:57.039 a little break here for the news pamin Lake City. 1930 01:44:57.079 --> 01:45:01.119 Will you'll be first when we come back. It's good 1931 01:45:01.159 --> 01:45:04.000 to have you with us today. I always brag on 1932 01:45:04.039 --> 01:45:08.000 our garden centers, our quality independent garden centers here in 1933 01:45:08.039 --> 01:45:10.960 the Greater Houston area, and RCW is an example of that. 1934 01:45:11.039 --> 01:45:12.800 I was talking about talking to someone just a minute 1935 01:45:12.840 --> 01:45:15.680 ago about getting a tree, and I was saying, yeah, RCW. 1936 01:45:15.920 --> 01:45:19.119 They're located where Tumball Parkway, which is how we two 1937 01:45:19.159 --> 01:45:21.039 forty nine for those of you new to the area, 1938 01:45:21.560 --> 01:45:24.600 comes into Beltway eight. But they have a place of 1939 01:45:24.800 --> 01:45:28.560 Plantersville where they grow trees and they know the kinds 1940 01:45:28.600 --> 01:45:32.279 of trees that do well here in Houston. They just 1941 01:45:33.119 --> 01:45:36.000 the quality of what they grow, the species they choose, 1942 01:45:36.079 --> 01:45:41.079 and everything. It's top notch. And RCW Nurseries is the 1943 01:45:41.199 --> 01:45:43.000 kind of place where you're always going to go and 1944 01:45:43.199 --> 01:45:45.479 find whatever kind of plant you're looking for do you need? 1945 01:45:45.960 --> 01:45:50.159 You know, there's during the seasons we plant vegetables and things, herbs. 1946 01:45:50.159 --> 01:45:53.600 They've got that, the flowers, they've got that. Roses outstanding. 1947 01:45:54.000 --> 01:45:57.800 They have a huge selection of roses right now that 1948 01:45:57.920 --> 01:45:59.800 are on It's an excellent sale. 1949 01:45:59.840 --> 01:46:00.079 You know. 1950 01:46:00.239 --> 01:46:04.359 RCW is one of the widest selections of roses you're 1951 01:46:04.399 --> 01:46:07.359 going to find anywhere they are. Go online to their 1952 01:46:07.399 --> 01:46:11.920 website RCW nurseries dot com and look at their roselist. 1953 01:46:12.359 --> 01:46:16.079 It is long, and I mean long. For example, right 1954 01:46:16.119 --> 01:46:20.520 now they got fifty percent off select roses in their collection. There, 1955 01:46:21.000 --> 01:46:24.680 fifteen percent off all trees, and fifty percent off the 1956 01:46:24.840 --> 01:46:28.159 Cajun hibiscus. And if you haven't seen Cajun hibiscus, go 1957 01:46:28.359 --> 01:46:31.920 to the garden Line facebook page. I posted one from 1958 01:46:32.000 --> 01:46:34.680 my yard just a while back, just the other day. 1959 01:46:34.760 --> 01:46:37.079 There it's scroll down a ways, but you can see 1960 01:46:37.119 --> 01:46:40.760 what I'm talking about. Cajun Hibiscus corded fifty percent off 1961 01:46:41.279 --> 01:46:48.159 beautiful beautiful plants rcwnurseries dot com. Tomball Parkway at BELTWAA. 1962 01:46:48.479 --> 01:46:51.319 They're open Monday through Saturday eight to five. Sunday Tomorrow 1963 01:46:51.479 --> 01:46:54.359 they'll be open from ten am to five pm. Take 1964 01:46:54.399 --> 01:46:56.720 advantage of that. We're going to head out now to 1965 01:46:56.840 --> 01:47:00.840 the phones and talk to Pam in Lake City. Hello, Pam, 1966 01:47:01.199 --> 01:47:02.199 welcome the garden line. 1967 01:47:03.479 --> 01:47:03.960 Good morning. 1968 01:47:04.000 --> 01:47:04.319 How are you. 1969 01:47:06.199 --> 01:47:07.000 I'm well, Thank you? 1970 01:47:08.520 --> 01:47:13.439 Okay, So I have Saint Augustine grass in my subdivision. 1971 01:47:13.520 --> 01:47:17.239 Are our our water drains down the side of our houses. 1972 01:47:18.359 --> 01:47:20.159 So I've got quite quite a bit of rain, you know, 1973 01:47:20.199 --> 01:47:22.560 because we've had so much rain, I think I have 1974 01:47:22.680 --> 01:47:25.359 brown patch in my yard. I know we're not supposed 1975 01:47:25.399 --> 01:47:28.680 to treat that until fall. Can I treat that now? 1976 01:47:30.439 --> 01:47:32.119 Uh? Describe to me what you're saying. 1977 01:47:33.239 --> 01:47:36.520 Okay, So they are they are round patches of grass 1978 01:47:36.600 --> 01:47:37.439 that are turning. 1979 01:47:37.239 --> 01:47:43.479 Brown round about how uh what's the diameter? 1980 01:47:46.279 --> 01:47:47.039 Like three foot? 1981 01:47:47.840 --> 01:47:49.239 No, they're big, They're big. 1982 01:47:50.000 --> 01:47:52.479 Okay? Are they are? They kind of yellow around the 1983 01:47:52.640 --> 01:47:57.000 edges and brown towards the sun? Yes, yes, okay, Well 1984 01:47:57.239 --> 01:48:01.119 you might have it brown patch called large patch, is 1985 01:48:01.159 --> 01:48:05.199 a disease called riizoctnia, and there's a several species of 1986 01:48:05.319 --> 01:48:08.479 rhizoc Tonia that can attack our Saint Augustine lawns. And 1987 01:48:08.960 --> 01:48:12.079 in the summertime we usually have a different species than 1988 01:48:12.119 --> 01:48:14.079 we do in the fall, when it's cooler. But look, 1989 01:48:14.159 --> 01:48:17.199 we've had we've had some really mild weather lately for 1990 01:48:17.359 --> 01:48:19.840 summer for this time of the year, and so that 1991 01:48:19.960 --> 01:48:23.880 doesn't surprise me. You could go ahead and do a 1992 01:48:24.479 --> 01:48:27.960 fungicide treatment on it. When you do that for brown 1993 01:48:28.000 --> 01:48:31.439 patch large patch kinds of things, you don't fix the spots, 1994 01:48:31.680 --> 01:48:38.159 but you prevent additional infections. Okay, if it's yeah, if 1995 01:48:38.159 --> 01:48:40.479 it's the brown patch, the runners are still alive and 1996 01:48:40.560 --> 01:48:42.840 it'll regrain and you've got time for it to regreen, 1997 01:48:43.279 --> 01:48:45.359 but you would go you would go ahead and put 1998 01:48:45.439 --> 01:48:49.479 that fungicide down. Uh, And that way you kind of 1999 01:48:49.560 --> 01:48:53.600 have a just it soaks into the tissues of the 2000 01:48:53.720 --> 01:48:57.840 of the grass and it provides that ongoing protection for it. 2001 01:48:58.079 --> 01:49:02.119 So for example, Microlife brown Patch. 2002 01:49:04.079 --> 01:49:08.840 Microlife brown Patch would help. That is not specifically a fungicide, 2003 01:49:09.640 --> 01:49:14.680 but it's designed with microbially to create an environment where 2004 01:49:14.720 --> 01:49:17.520 the brown patch doesn't thrive. You know, I think once 2005 01:49:17.600 --> 01:49:19.960 you see the circles, it's hard to get anything to 2006 01:49:20.079 --> 01:49:24.279 work really really well for that. But I know night 2007 01:49:24.399 --> 01:49:27.239 Fross has a brown patch control. They provide a product 2008 01:49:27.279 --> 01:49:30.800 called Eagle. Those are both chemicals that fight it from 2009 01:49:30.840 --> 01:49:34.760 an organic standpoint, getting it to quit raining would be 2010 01:49:34.920 --> 01:49:38.880 nice because when it rains and rains, it's just going 2011 01:49:38.920 --> 01:49:40.960 to set us up for diseases. We can't control that. 2012 01:49:41.479 --> 01:49:44.800 But aeration with compost stop dressing will be very helpful. 2013 01:49:45.199 --> 01:49:50.239 Microbially enriched fertilizers done over time will be helpful. And 2014 01:49:50.520 --> 01:49:54.239 the one that Microlife makes is called Microlife brown Patch. 2015 01:49:54.279 --> 01:49:56.800 I an example of that kind of thing, and it's 2016 01:49:56.880 --> 01:50:00.479 going to have again microbially things to help that because 2017 01:50:00.479 --> 01:50:03.840 when you get down to the plant level, there's a 2018 01:50:03.960 --> 01:50:07.399 disease that's attacking the tissues, and you can put microbes 2019 01:50:07.520 --> 01:50:10.399 on there to make it a less hospitable place for 2020 01:50:10.520 --> 01:50:13.680 the disease, to out compute the disease, to crowd out 2021 01:50:13.720 --> 01:50:17.319 the disease and things, and that would be the organic approach. 2022 01:50:17.439 --> 01:50:19.319 But again, those we need to be doing ahead of 2023 01:50:19.399 --> 01:50:20.760 time in order to have. 2024 01:50:20.760 --> 01:50:22.920 The best right, I just put that on LATA. 2025 01:50:24.560 --> 01:50:28.039 Okay, good, Well, you could do it now if you had. 2026 01:50:28.119 --> 01:50:29.640 When was the last time you fertilized? 2027 01:50:31.600 --> 01:50:33.680 Actually I'm getting ready to do that. I'm winning a 2028 01:50:33.720 --> 01:50:35.920 little bit behind, but I bought the fertilizer yesterday. 2029 01:50:35.960 --> 01:50:39.560 Well that's okay, perfectly, Okay, have you seen my schedule online? 2030 01:50:39.760 --> 01:50:40.720 Have you download. 2031 01:50:40.840 --> 01:50:42.760 Yeah, I af through July. 2032 01:50:43.000 --> 01:50:44.159 I have a couple of days left. 2033 01:50:46.239 --> 01:50:48.840 Well, don't worry about that. That's when we want you 2034 01:50:48.960 --> 01:50:51.760 to apply it, and we're just trying to not apply 2035 01:50:51.880 --> 01:50:55.159 it so close that when we do fall fertilization. Now 2036 01:50:55.199 --> 01:50:57.920 we got too much. That's why I stop it in July. 2037 01:50:58.399 --> 01:51:00.479 But don't worry about that. You can do it now. 2038 01:51:00.680 --> 01:51:02.680 Is there fun Is there a funge of side I 2039 01:51:02.720 --> 01:51:04.159 should be putting on it? Also? 2040 01:51:07.079 --> 01:51:09.640 Well, if you did on my lawn pest disease and 2041 01:51:09.720 --> 01:51:13.000 weed management schedule, the fungicide that I would recommend is 2042 01:51:13.079 --> 01:51:16.479 a nitroposs the Total brown Patch Control, or you can 2043 01:51:16.560 --> 01:51:19.279 use their product called Eagle. But again, just okay, so 2044 01:51:20.119 --> 01:51:22.239 that's going to prove go ahead. 2045 01:51:23.720 --> 01:51:26.760 I'm sorry. I put that on on the fall. So 2046 01:51:27.039 --> 01:51:30.399 if I should, I just leave the brown patch alone 2047 01:51:31.279 --> 01:51:33.119 and put it on again in the fall. 2048 01:51:34.960 --> 01:51:38.479 That's an option. If it quits raining and you don't 2049 01:51:38.600 --> 01:51:41.439 over water, she shouldn't water more than once a week 2050 01:51:41.920 --> 01:51:45.239 on that Uh, it will start to regrain and you 2051 01:51:45.319 --> 01:51:47.439 should be then looking at it for fall. If you 2052 01:51:47.560 --> 01:51:49.439 want to stop it right now, you can put an 2053 01:51:49.479 --> 01:51:52.520 application on, but don't do it when you know within 2054 01:51:52.680 --> 01:51:54.279 twelve hours it's going to start raining. 2055 01:51:55.600 --> 01:51:58.119 Okay, okay, okay, thank you so much. 2056 01:51:58.520 --> 01:52:03.359 Thanks you. I appreciate your call very much. We're talking 2057 01:52:03.359 --> 01:52:05.840 about products and all this kind of stuff. Where can 2058 01:52:05.920 --> 01:52:07.800 you find stuff? Well, I tell you where you can 2059 01:52:07.880 --> 01:52:10.680 find stuff. You can find stuff at Southwest Fertilizer. And 2060 01:52:10.760 --> 01:52:14.079 it's worth driving from anywhere to get there. Southwest Fertilizers 2061 01:52:14.119 --> 01:52:16.680 on the southwest side of town. There is not a 2062 01:52:16.760 --> 01:52:20.680 product fertilizer, pest control, disease control, weed control that I 2063 01:52:20.840 --> 01:52:24.840 recommend that's not at Southwest Fertilizer, plus many many more 2064 01:52:25.439 --> 01:52:29.000 tools eighty foot wall of tools. They carry organic, they 2065 01:52:29.119 --> 01:52:31.760 carry synthetic, and they know what they're talking about. You 2066 01:52:31.840 --> 01:52:33.560 bring them a sample of a plant, you bring them 2067 01:52:33.640 --> 01:52:36.800 pictures of plants. What is this. They'll put you in 2068 01:52:36.920 --> 01:52:39.840 touch with the product. If one is needed, that we'll 2069 01:52:39.920 --> 01:52:43.840 control it. Southwest Fertilizer dot com. That's the website corner 2070 01:52:43.920 --> 01:52:46.560 of this nut and runaway. If you've never been there, 2071 01:52:46.680 --> 01:52:49.399 you need to go just to see what I'm talking about. 2072 01:52:49.840 --> 01:52:51.920 By the way, when you get buy there, lest I 2073 01:52:52.000 --> 01:52:56.600 drag as on will music is playing. They have a 2074 01:52:56.680 --> 01:53:01.720 thing called the folding knealing batch that I think is outstanding. 2075 01:53:02.159 --> 01:53:04.840 It'll change your gardening life. I mean, I really mean that. 2076 01:53:05.520 --> 01:53:07.680 Uh if you sit on it as a bench and 2077 01:53:07.920 --> 01:53:10.640 move it around with you very lightweight, and flip it 2078 01:53:10.720 --> 01:53:13.880 upside down and you can kneel on it and then 2079 01:53:14.159 --> 01:53:16.439 what was legs now or handles to get back up. 2080 01:53:17.000 --> 01:53:19.960 When you're north of forty getting up and down eight 2081 01:53:20.279 --> 01:53:22.760 hundred times on a good saturday working in the yard, 2082 01:53:23.439 --> 01:53:25.840 you wake up in the pre natal position next morning. 2083 01:53:25.960 --> 01:53:29.600 What I'm talking about talk about ask for that olding 2084 01:53:29.800 --> 01:53:32.720 kneeling bench to take a look at, or promise they 2085 01:53:32.840 --> 01:53:34.000 become your favorite tool. 2086 01:53:37.199 --> 01:53:42.000 Welcome to kzy Rh garden Line with Skip Richard's pa. 2087 01:53:49.800 --> 01:53:51.359 Just watch him as. 2088 01:54:24.439 --> 01:54:26.479 Welcome back to garden Line. Good to have you with 2089 01:54:26.640 --> 01:54:29.439 us this morning. We got plenty still to talk about here, 2090 01:54:29.760 --> 01:54:33.119 and I thank you for hanging around and listening in. 2091 01:54:33.960 --> 01:54:36.199 How can we help you have a more bountiful garden, 2092 01:54:36.239 --> 01:54:39.199 a more beautiful landscape, that's what we're looking for. Earlier 2093 01:54:39.239 --> 01:54:43.680 I was talking about the importance of the microbial activity 2094 01:54:43.880 --> 01:54:45.680 that is down around the soul. We were talking about 2095 01:54:45.680 --> 01:54:48.760 even with helping fight disease and things, having the good 2096 01:54:48.960 --> 01:54:52.119 microbes there to help fight bad microbes. There are many 2097 01:54:52.199 --> 01:54:56.279 examples in nature of instances where that happens, and it's 2098 01:54:56.319 --> 01:54:59.800 important and Microlife has built their products around that. When 2099 01:54:59.840 --> 01:55:02.560 you by a Microlife product, you're not just getting the 2100 01:55:02.680 --> 01:55:05.840 numbers in the bag. You're getting it chalk full of 2101 01:55:06.000 --> 01:55:10.880 all kinds of microbes, including microhizal fungi that grow in 2102 01:55:11.319 --> 01:55:13.760 or around the root and then reach out and bring 2103 01:55:13.840 --> 01:55:16.359 food to the root. I need a micro hizal fungi 2104 01:55:16.439 --> 01:55:18.520 in my life that just kind of hangs out and 2105 01:55:18.840 --> 01:55:20.680 goes and gets me stuff out of the fridge. That's 2106 01:55:20.720 --> 01:55:24.039 what I need anyway. That's how microbes microhyzol can work. 2107 01:55:24.640 --> 01:55:27.960 There are many other beneficial essential microbes that are there, 2108 01:55:28.119 --> 01:55:31.399 and whether it's their standard six y two four green 2109 01:55:31.479 --> 01:55:34.800 bag kind of the main one that we think of 2110 01:55:34.880 --> 01:55:37.800 when we're thinking about lawn fertilizing or the humans plus 2111 01:55:37.960 --> 01:55:41.720 concentrated compost in a bag, the zero zero four, those 2112 01:55:41.800 --> 01:55:43.640 products are all going to do that. There are many 2113 01:55:43.800 --> 01:55:48.119 liquid blends. There are the Ocean Harvest that is this 2114 01:55:48.680 --> 01:55:52.279 fish based product. There is a seaweed based product. There 2115 01:55:52.520 --> 01:55:55.399 is the Orange label that I use for my houseplants, 2116 01:55:55.439 --> 01:55:58.239 which is an excellent product for furling is all kinds 2117 01:55:58.239 --> 01:56:01.079 of things I use for housebunfs. Go outside, when you 2118 01:56:01.159 --> 01:56:04.000 plant a plant, drench the soil with that product. You're 2119 01:56:04.039 --> 01:56:06.840 going to get the same good results from it. Microlife's 2120 01:56:06.840 --> 01:56:09.199 widely available. You're going to find it all kinds of places. 2121 01:56:09.279 --> 01:56:11.800 For example, if you're if you're up in the Conroe 2122 01:56:11.960 --> 01:56:17.920 Montgomery County area, certainly over in the Montgomery area, well, 2123 01:56:18.079 --> 01:56:21.239 Ana Plants and Produce carries microlife. You know an A. 2124 01:56:21.439 --> 01:56:23.760 You drive past them all the time. They're right there 2125 01:56:23.840 --> 01:56:26.279 on the on the north side of one oh five, 2126 01:56:26.960 --> 01:56:30.800 just on the Conro side of Montgomery, Texas. And when 2127 01:56:30.840 --> 01:56:32.600 you go to A and A you're going to find 2128 01:56:32.640 --> 01:56:35.960 a nice selection of everything. Any fertilizer I talk about here, 2129 01:56:36.319 --> 01:56:39.079 anything you need to control diseases and weeds and pests 2130 01:56:39.159 --> 01:56:43.079 in your lawn, and an excellent selection of plants and 2131 01:56:43.279 --> 01:56:47.880 some really cool landscape bling from iron structures you know, 2132 01:56:48.119 --> 01:56:51.560 arches and so on, to chimeneas to put out there 2133 01:56:51.600 --> 01:56:55.439 on the patio to enjoy the evenings. Uh, just lots 2134 01:56:55.479 --> 01:57:00.239 of stuff at Ana Plants and Produce, including microlife. Bitch, 2135 01:57:00.439 --> 01:57:05.279 they have an outstanding selection of microlife right there. Ana 2136 01:57:05.399 --> 01:57:08.199 Plants and produce on the east side of Montgomery on 2137 01:57:08.319 --> 01:57:11.640 Highway one oh five, just north of the road. Stop in, 2138 01:57:11.960 --> 01:57:14.520 say hey to them, and always check back because they 2139 01:57:14.560 --> 01:57:16.920 are changing what they get all the time. There's always 2140 01:57:17.079 --> 01:57:19.760 new stuff coming in. There's always this time of the year. 2141 01:57:19.760 --> 01:57:22.239 You're gonna find some really good deals on some really 2142 01:57:22.319 --> 01:57:25.720 good plants as well as good advice. We're going to 2143 01:57:25.800 --> 01:57:28.319 head now out to let's see, We're going to go 2144 01:57:28.479 --> 01:57:30.680 to Friendswood and talk to Brian. 2145 01:57:30.960 --> 01:57:33.600 Hello, Brian, Hey, how are you today? 2146 01:57:35.479 --> 01:57:35.800 I have. 2147 01:57:38.319 --> 01:57:38.560 Thank you. 2148 01:57:38.680 --> 01:57:43.479 I have an issue with basket grass. And Okay, in small, 2149 01:57:43.680 --> 01:57:46.199 small areas, I can pick it up, but I have 2150 01:57:46.319 --> 01:57:49.920 an area that is just overrun. What can I do 2151 01:57:50.039 --> 01:57:50.439 to kill it? 2152 01:57:51.760 --> 01:57:55.760 When did you first notice this? Is it something that's 2153 01:57:55.880 --> 01:57:58.720 just grown over the years, or did it seem to 2154 01:57:59.359 --> 01:58:00.840 almost here suddenly? 2155 01:58:01.359 --> 01:58:01.399 What? 2156 01:58:01.920 --> 01:58:08.640 Well, it came it came in and then I kick 2157 01:58:08.760 --> 01:58:11.319 most of it out, and then the neighbor's yard just 2158 01:58:11.680 --> 01:58:14.720 it grows from the neighbor's yard over and I let 2159 01:58:14.800 --> 01:58:17.920 it grow. And it's in an area doesn't get a 2160 01:58:17.960 --> 01:58:23.199 whole lot of sunshine. M hmm, yeah, and it just 2161 01:58:24.119 --> 01:58:25.840 it just got to the point where I can't pick 2162 01:58:25.920 --> 01:58:26.520 all of it out. 2163 01:58:29.159 --> 01:58:33.840 Wow, okay, Well, there's not a great basket grass is 2164 01:58:34.039 --> 01:58:37.760 like wandering jew It's like the tratiskenches and others. It's 2165 01:58:37.840 --> 01:58:42.039 in that group of plants that it kind of doesn't 2166 01:58:42.399 --> 01:58:44.800 is not a grass, even though it has that name. 2167 01:58:45.560 --> 01:58:47.720 It's not a broad leave really, and trying to find 2168 01:58:47.880 --> 01:58:50.079 control for it is a little bit of a challenge. 2169 01:58:50.600 --> 01:58:55.199 Some people will just use a extent, you know, a 2170 01:58:55.319 --> 01:58:57.880 post emergent we control product that kills everything, like a 2171 01:58:57.960 --> 01:59:00.520 glafe of state like product, and the just kill it 2172 01:59:00.600 --> 01:59:03.560 all with the basket grass and all and then replant 2173 01:59:04.039 --> 01:59:07.279 in that area. That's an option, but it's a mess 2174 01:59:07.399 --> 01:59:09.000 and a lot of areas of the country it gets 2175 01:59:09.039 --> 01:59:12.840 out in the woods. It's very invasive, taking over state 2176 01:59:12.920 --> 01:59:16.560 parks and other things like that. And we certainly experience 2177 01:59:16.640 --> 01:59:20.119 it here in the Houston area. Like you're like, you're 2178 01:59:20.159 --> 01:59:24.760 talking about I don't know a selective herbicide for it. 2179 01:59:24.920 --> 01:59:28.199 You might Is this a huge area you said, not 2180 01:59:28.439 --> 01:59:28.640 just a. 2181 01:59:28.680 --> 01:59:32.880 Small Oh it's probably ten foot by two foot area. 2182 01:59:33.680 --> 01:59:36.000 Oh, okay, it's but it's. 2183 01:59:35.880 --> 01:59:39.119 Slowly moving over. It's slowly moving over into my Saint 2184 01:59:39.159 --> 01:59:41.439 Augustine that it's taking it over. 2185 01:59:44.520 --> 01:59:46.880 Yeah, well, and it can do that. But a couple 2186 01:59:46.880 --> 01:59:51.119 of things are happening there, Brian. The low light levels 2187 01:59:51.239 --> 01:59:54.640 are keeping Saint Augustine for being strong and thick and 2188 01:59:54.800 --> 01:59:59.279 dense and everything like that. And so that is part 2189 01:59:59.319 --> 02:00:02.000 of the reason that basket grass, which is willing to 2190 02:00:02.079 --> 02:00:06.520 grow in those levels, is able to take over when 2191 02:00:07.119 --> 02:00:09.520 icy stuff from across the country where it's more of 2192 02:00:09.640 --> 02:00:12.800 a takeover nature out in the wild than it is here. 2193 02:00:13.520 --> 02:00:17.000 And they talk about hand removing, I mean that is 2194 02:00:18.119 --> 02:00:20.720 that's a job, but clearing all of it out as 2195 02:00:20.840 --> 02:00:22.880 much as you can, getting as much as the roots 2196 02:00:22.880 --> 02:00:27.399 because it breaks off, that is a legit way to 2197 02:00:27.479 --> 02:00:29.880 go about it. But the other would be just to 2198 02:00:30.079 --> 02:00:33.560 use a non selective herbicide product, knowing that whatever you 2199 02:00:33.640 --> 02:00:36.079 get it on it's going to kill it. There are 2200 02:00:37.520 --> 02:00:41.680 there is another option where you would use a granular 2201 02:00:41.840 --> 02:00:45.840 pre emergent product like barricade to shut that down from 2202 02:00:45.920 --> 02:00:48.520 re sprouting from seed. But that's not going to kill 2203 02:00:48.560 --> 02:00:50.119 the existing plants that you have. 2204 02:00:51.640 --> 02:00:57.399 Okay, well, I will endeavor to kill it somehow. 2205 02:00:59.159 --> 02:01:01.960 Yeah, you know, I'm The things I'm telling you aren't 2206 02:01:02.000 --> 02:01:04.279 good answers, But there's not a good answer to it. 2207 02:01:04.439 --> 02:01:07.239 And you look around the country where they're trying to 2208 02:01:07.279 --> 02:01:09.600 fight it, like I said, taking over a state park 2209 02:01:09.720 --> 02:01:13.319 or something, and they're given the same answers. You know, 2210 02:01:13.399 --> 02:01:14.479 it's basically. 2211 02:01:16.000 --> 02:01:17.199 I'll try some round duve d. 2212 02:01:19.319 --> 02:01:22.039 Yeah, just be careful, try to avoid getting it on 2213 02:01:22.119 --> 02:01:23.920 the good things as much as you can. 2214 02:01:24.680 --> 02:01:24.800 Uh. 2215 02:01:25.039 --> 02:01:28.239 And I think that's that's probably your your best approach. 2216 02:01:29.079 --> 02:01:29.239 You know. 2217 02:01:29.399 --> 02:01:32.119 There's there's one other thing and I have not Well, 2218 02:01:32.199 --> 02:01:34.800 let me give you one other thing to consider. Let's see, 2219 02:01:34.800 --> 02:01:38.000 you're located up down and friends with. There is a 2220 02:01:38.159 --> 02:01:43.880 cinnamon based product, agral On, and it's a It comes 2221 02:01:43.960 --> 02:01:49.000 in a little round canister, paper canister, and you sprinkle 2222 02:01:49.079 --> 02:01:51.720 it on weeds. First, the weeds need to be wet 2223 02:01:51.960 --> 02:01:55.119 so that the dust sticks to the weed, but it 2224 02:01:55.359 --> 02:01:59.039 just fries the foliage of stuff down. It works on doveweed. 2225 02:01:59.119 --> 02:02:01.880 I know that that's kind of a similar issue that 2226 02:02:02.000 --> 02:02:04.960 we have, uh. And it might work on basket grass. 2227 02:02:05.039 --> 02:02:07.079 Off the top of my head, I can't promise you 2228 02:02:07.159 --> 02:02:09.079 that it would, but I think you ought to look 2229 02:02:09.119 --> 02:02:12.680 into that and see because it if it would, that 2230 02:02:12.800 --> 02:02:15.239 would be a way that you could sprinkle something that 2231 02:02:15.399 --> 02:02:17.319 is not going to kill your Saint Augustine, but would 2232 02:02:17.399 --> 02:02:20.479 kill the weed. It's pretty good that that agrolon is 2233 02:02:20.520 --> 02:02:22.399 pretty good on on a lot of kinds of weeds. 2234 02:02:22.800 --> 02:02:25.800 Not cheap and you're buying little canisters, but a ten 2235 02:02:25.880 --> 02:02:29.520 by two. Uh, that that's very reasonable to use it 2236 02:02:29.640 --> 02:02:29.800 for that. 2237 02:02:31.800 --> 02:02:33.800 Well, I will give that a try to see if 2238 02:02:33.840 --> 02:02:34.880 I can find it somewhere. 2239 02:02:36.439 --> 02:02:38.720 Okay, yeah, all right, you take care of Thank you, 2240 02:02:39.279 --> 02:02:42.199 thanks for the call. Appreciate appreciate that. We're going to 2241 02:02:42.279 --> 02:02:45.560 now go to Spring Branch. Uh And oh, I'm sorry, 2242 02:02:45.640 --> 02:02:47.920 we got to take a break. It's done for another 2243 02:02:47.960 --> 02:02:50.399 commercial HURDA. When we come back, you'll be first up, 2244 02:02:50.439 --> 02:02:54.079 and David you'll be right after that. For this morning, 2245 02:02:54.399 --> 02:02:55.399 I'm gonna you remember that. 2246 02:02:55.960 --> 02:02:56.279 All right. 2247 02:02:56.319 --> 02:02:59.039 We're going to now go out to Spring Branch and 2248 02:02:59.239 --> 02:03:02.199 talk to her. Hello, Herta, Welcome to garden Line. 2249 02:03:03.479 --> 02:03:10.680 Good morning. Thank you. My questions about my cheffleua. It's 2250 02:03:11.920 --> 02:03:18.560 almost five feet tall. It's outside though nice Randy about 2251 02:03:18.720 --> 02:03:22.640 moving it in, and he said I'd kill it. 2252 02:03:23.279 --> 02:03:24.359 So that's how it is. 2253 02:03:24.479 --> 02:03:24.520 This. 2254 02:03:25.239 --> 02:03:32.119 No, it's got about six stems. The leaves are yellow, 2255 02:03:33.359 --> 02:03:35.800 and I don't know what to do or give it 2256 02:03:36.079 --> 02:03:36.920 or put on it. 2257 02:03:38.680 --> 02:03:42.279 Yeah, something's wrong in the roots that it could be 2258 02:03:42.640 --> 02:03:45.479 a root rot if it stayed too wet. It could 2259 02:03:45.560 --> 02:03:50.279 just be too wet side the soil. Something went on 2260 02:03:50.520 --> 02:03:53.680 down there in the roots system. I think, just you know, 2261 02:03:53.800 --> 02:03:55.640 dig down. You've had a long time, you know how 2262 02:03:55.680 --> 02:03:57.199 to take care of it, so I don't need to 2263 02:03:57.239 --> 02:03:59.960 tell you that. But I dig down trying I feel 2264 02:04:00.079 --> 02:04:02.239 the soil. See if it's moist a couple of two 2265 02:04:02.279 --> 02:04:04.680 or three inches below the surface. And if it is, 2266 02:04:04.760 --> 02:04:07.199 don't water it again. Those those plants can take a 2267 02:04:07.319 --> 02:04:11.000 period of drying out, not extended drought. 2268 02:04:11.039 --> 02:04:11.319 Little. 2269 02:04:11.479 --> 02:04:14.039 They do better if you let them dry out a little. 2270 02:04:13.800 --> 02:04:17.520 Bit and then get them overall with all this range. 2271 02:04:19.560 --> 02:04:24.600 But the other thing, I have some leaf mold compost 2272 02:04:24.640 --> 02:04:27.880 will be good to work that in around the top soil. 2273 02:04:31.760 --> 02:04:35.439 Oh yeah, you could, but in it's it's is it 2274 02:04:35.520 --> 02:04:36.640 in a container of the ground? 2275 02:04:36.720 --> 02:04:38.880 I didn't catch that's the ground. 2276 02:04:40.199 --> 02:04:43.840 In the ground. Oh okay, okay, all right, Yeah, you 2277 02:04:43.880 --> 02:04:45.960 could work a little bit of a leaf more compost, 2278 02:04:46.880 --> 02:04:50.359 all right, A little bit of a housepunt type fertilizer 2279 02:04:50.560 --> 02:04:54.359 in the ground around it. That would be another good choice. 2280 02:04:55.000 --> 02:04:57.880 What you need to do is you need to find 2281 02:04:57.960 --> 02:05:01.039 somebody to come over there and stand with an umbrella 2282 02:05:01.199 --> 02:05:04.000 over the plant every time it rains. That's the last 2283 02:05:04.039 --> 02:05:10.119 thing to do. Well, keep this is too much water 2284 02:05:10.239 --> 02:05:11.640 for that thing, that's the problem. 2285 02:05:11.760 --> 02:05:16.640 Oh listen. Well, I didn't have it as bad as 2286 02:05:16.720 --> 02:05:20.000 some motive sections did, but it poured and for a 2287 02:05:20.279 --> 02:05:25.359 long long time. I guess that's the problem. 2288 02:05:25.520 --> 02:05:29.039 Good, well, good luck with it, Hurda. Thank you for calling. 2289 02:05:29.199 --> 02:05:30.640 Appreciate it well, thank you. 2290 02:05:30.800 --> 02:05:31.560 For being there. 2291 02:05:32.119 --> 02:05:34.600 Bye bye, all right, you take care, bye bye. 2292 02:05:36.520 --> 02:05:40.479 I talk all the time about the importance of preparing 2293 02:05:40.520 --> 02:05:44.520 the soil, preparing this oil. Sienna Maltch is south of Houston. 2294 02:05:44.760 --> 02:05:47.119 C Maltch is down south. They're near our highway six 2295 02:05:47.199 --> 02:05:50.000 and two eighty eight are Ff. The actual road is 2296 02:05:50.199 --> 02:05:53.720 FM five twenty one, just north of road Sharon. Let 2297 02:05:53.760 --> 02:05:56.640 me give you the website Sienna Waltz dot com. There 2298 02:05:56.720 --> 02:05:58.920 you'll find out how to get there, how to call them, 2299 02:05:59.000 --> 02:06:01.319 all that kind of stuff. Us know this that if 2300 02:06:01.359 --> 02:06:05.359 you're anywhere in that region like ro Sharon, Meridian, First Colony, 2301 02:06:05.479 --> 02:06:09.319 Lake Olympia, or maybe Fresno, Quilla Valley, Sweetwater, Pearland, do 2302 02:06:09.359 --> 02:06:11.680 you get what I'm talking about in your Brizespen State Park, 2303 02:06:11.800 --> 02:06:15.319 Sandy Point or Cola, Iowa Colony. This is your local 2304 02:06:16.079 --> 02:06:19.399 multch and soil provider and they have quality composts. They 2305 02:06:19.479 --> 02:06:22.680 have veggiean herb mix from Maryland Soils for example. They've 2306 02:06:22.720 --> 02:06:27.159 got quality mulches as well, bulk by the bag. They 2307 02:06:27.279 --> 02:06:30.279 deliver within about twenty miles if you need a bulk delivery. 2308 02:06:30.319 --> 02:06:32.920 They're open Monday through Friday seven thirty to five and 2309 02:06:33.159 --> 02:06:37.079 Saturday from seven thirty to two. And people that know 2310 02:06:37.600 --> 02:06:40.600 quality soils go to Siena Mulch. You know we I 2311 02:06:40.680 --> 02:06:41.880 was just talking to the other day about B and 2312 02:06:41.960 --> 02:06:46.359 D Turk Pros super high quality compost top dressing aeration company. 2313 02:06:46.800 --> 02:06:49.920 They get their stuff from Cienamulch because they know Siena 2314 02:06:50.159 --> 02:06:53.159 Multch means quality stuff. And what is the most important 2315 02:06:53.199 --> 02:06:57.239 thing we do for success with plants. Prepare the soil 2316 02:06:58.159 --> 02:07:02.079 brown stuff before greens. When you go to Cienamaltch, you 2317 02:07:02.239 --> 02:07:05.840 get everything for the brown stuff. That includes the compass. 2318 02:07:05.920 --> 02:07:08.640 It includes all the fertilizers I talk about on guardline. 2319 02:07:08.640 --> 02:07:11.239 They're all there. When you drive off from Ciena malt 2320 02:07:11.359 --> 02:07:14.920 you have everything you need to make a foundation for success. 2321 02:07:15.039 --> 02:07:20.199 I don't care if you're growing vegetables, herbs, fruit, flowers, 2322 02:07:20.279 --> 02:07:24.039 you name it. They've got it at cnamals cianamalts dot com. 2323 02:07:25.239 --> 02:07:27.319 I'm going to head now out to Cleveland to talk 2324 02:07:27.399 --> 02:07:27.880 to David. 2325 02:07:28.079 --> 02:07:31.920 Hello, David, Hey, Skip, good morning. 2326 02:07:32.239 --> 02:07:34.159 I have a question about tomatoes. 2327 02:07:35.479 --> 02:07:37.760 I lost all my tomatoes in the hurricane. 2328 02:07:39.800 --> 02:07:41.880 Is there something I can plant? 2329 02:07:43.239 --> 02:07:46.000 Some type of tomato I can plant that I can 2330 02:07:46.439 --> 02:07:49.159 have time to produce some tomatoes. 2331 02:07:48.680 --> 02:07:49.279 Yet this year? 2332 02:07:52.640 --> 02:07:56.600 Yeah, there are a number of varieties. But here's the 2333 02:07:56.680 --> 02:07:59.479 important thing, more important than just the name of the 2334 02:07:59.560 --> 02:08:01.960 variety of right now is how many days to harvest 2335 02:08:02.119 --> 02:08:04.439 is it? And you can go online and you can 2336 02:08:04.560 --> 02:08:07.560 learn that celebrity is a pretty good one pretty fast. 2337 02:08:07.640 --> 02:08:09.039 There's some that are a little faster, but. 2338 02:08:09.119 --> 02:08:11.319 Ex actually what I'm ex actually what I like to 2339 02:08:11.399 --> 02:08:15.079 grow a celebrity, Yeah, celebrity. 2340 02:08:18.760 --> 02:08:21.960 Some like brandywine, maybe seventy eight to eighty days. Now 2341 02:08:22.079 --> 02:08:23.800 you may think, well, that's just a little over a 2342 02:08:23.840 --> 02:08:26.520 week past celebrity, but not when you get in the 2343 02:08:26.640 --> 02:08:29.520 fall and it starts to cool off, because then seventy 2344 02:08:29.600 --> 02:08:32.119 eight to eight it may take it ninety days before 2345 02:08:32.159 --> 02:08:35.319 it reaches because it cools off too much. So find 2346 02:08:35.399 --> 02:08:38.079 the fastest tomatoes you can plant, get them in the ground, 2347 02:08:38.199 --> 02:08:40.520 and you have the both best success and it's still 2348 02:08:40.560 --> 02:08:42.479 okay to plant celebrity in your area. 2349 02:08:43.960 --> 02:08:48.359 Okay, the garden center is out in this area, like 2350 02:08:48.439 --> 02:08:52.199 in Kingwood or whatever are they would they still. 2351 02:08:52.039 --> 02:08:53.479 Have plants in stock? 2352 02:08:53.600 --> 02:08:53.840 Maybe? 2353 02:08:55.479 --> 02:08:57.760 I think they would. I'd call Warren Southern Gardens or 2354 02:08:57.840 --> 02:09:01.039 Kingwood Garden Center, see what they have. This is the 2355 02:09:01.119 --> 02:09:03.760 time of year when there are not a lot of 2356 02:09:03.800 --> 02:09:06.800 people showing up going hey, I want tomato plans. There 2357 02:09:06.880 --> 02:09:09.399 are some, but not a lot, and so that's why 2358 02:09:09.640 --> 02:09:12.159 you don't see them widely available now like you would 2359 02:09:12.199 --> 02:09:15.079 in the spring. But I would try those and see 2360 02:09:15.119 --> 02:09:17.880 what they have that that would be your best bet 2361 02:09:18.000 --> 02:09:19.039 out in your area. 2362 02:09:21.000 --> 02:09:21.479 Already. 2363 02:09:21.880 --> 02:09:25.359 I appreciate it very much, sir, Hi, good luck, and 2364 02:09:25.439 --> 02:09:27.960 if you have success, just remember, bring half half your 2365 02:09:28.000 --> 02:09:30.479 tomatoes to the K T R H studio drop. 2366 02:09:30.319 --> 02:09:33.479 Them off and as long as you as long as 2367 02:09:33.520 --> 02:09:35.399 you like a good spaghetti sauce, I'll do it. 2368 02:09:37.039 --> 02:09:42.520 I can do that. Take care, baby, take care. Oh 2369 02:09:42.680 --> 02:09:45.000 my goodness. Uh, let's see, we're going to go down 2370 02:09:45.039 --> 02:09:49.720 to Cleveland and nope, No, we just did Cleveland. We're 2371 02:09:49.720 --> 02:09:53.600 going to go to Champions and talk to Ruben. Hello Ruben, Hello, 2372 02:09:53.720 --> 02:09:57.520 good morning, Skip, good morning, Welcome to garden Line. 2373 02:09:58.479 --> 02:10:02.319 I got a question, so I'm looking do you recommend 2374 02:10:02.439 --> 02:10:06.359 any dense shade plants for our area, in particular here 2375 02:10:06.439 --> 02:10:06.880 in Houston. 2376 02:10:10.000 --> 02:10:14.560 Yeah. Absolutely, It depends on what kind of plants you want. 2377 02:10:14.720 --> 02:10:18.079 If you're looking at a groundcover, there's nothing to shade 2378 02:10:18.159 --> 02:10:21.279 more tolerant than monkey grass or mondo grass, mondo turf. 2379 02:10:22.239 --> 02:10:27.359 It's very, very shade tolerant. The ast that grass is 2380 02:10:27.479 --> 02:10:29.640 kind of a it looks like a white and green 2381 02:10:29.720 --> 02:10:33.840 stripe ariopy that does really well. And in deep shade, 2382 02:10:33.920 --> 02:10:37.520 that white really lightens up the area well, cause attention 2383 02:10:37.680 --> 02:10:40.279 to it. Lariope would do good there. If you're looking 2384 02:10:40.359 --> 02:10:47.079 for flowers, impatients, kalladiums and wishbone flower are three examples. Uh, 2385 02:10:47.319 --> 02:10:51.359 they need some decent amount of light, but they don't 2386 02:10:51.399 --> 02:10:55.640 need direct sun in order to perform well. And then 2387 02:10:55.760 --> 02:10:58.560 of course there's shrubs and that grow in that area, 2388 02:10:58.640 --> 02:11:00.600 but those would be a few off the top of 2389 02:11:00.640 --> 02:11:01.399 my head ideas. 2390 02:11:02.880 --> 02:11:04.159 Okay, I appreciate it. 2391 02:11:04.720 --> 02:11:07.359 Add ferns to the mixt if you can keep it 2392 02:11:07.479 --> 02:11:11.439 moist down in there. Cast iron plants. Another one cast 2393 02:11:11.479 --> 02:11:14.319 iron plant grows in a lot of shade, and it 2394 02:11:14.560 --> 02:11:16.840 is a tough plant. That's why it has that name. 2395 02:11:17.479 --> 02:11:20.399 Uh it's taller than the groundcover. But we kind of 2396 02:11:20.479 --> 02:11:25.640 lump it into that group. All right, already, I appreciate it, 2397 02:11:27.279 --> 02:11:30.039 all right, you take care, appreciate your appreciate your call 2398 02:11:30.159 --> 02:11:33.399 very much. Thank you. Let's see where are we here? Okay, 2399 02:11:33.520 --> 02:11:35.319 we got time to go to another call. We're going 2400 02:11:35.359 --> 02:11:39.840 to go to Scott in Montgomery. Hello, Scott, Hey, good morning, sir. 2401 02:11:42.479 --> 02:11:45.640 I'm well, how can we help today? I'm doing that. 2402 02:11:45.840 --> 02:11:46.760 How can we help today? 2403 02:11:48.199 --> 02:11:52.680 Hang on one second, I turned off my speaker. One question. 2404 02:11:52.720 --> 02:11:55.079 In the past, I've called you about my Myer's lemonry. 2405 02:11:55.479 --> 02:11:57.960 You tell me about some of my think micro life 2406 02:11:58.479 --> 02:12:01.760 for my proditional limit. I've got five good lemons are 2407 02:12:01.840 --> 02:12:04.359 coming up. But forgot the name of the dog on it. 2408 02:12:04.399 --> 02:12:07.439 Didn't write it down for the micro heard a lot 2409 02:12:07.520 --> 02:12:12.000 of that, and then I'm questioning about mushroom popping off everybody's. 2410 02:12:11.560 --> 02:12:15.239 Jar with all this water, right, okay, Well, for the 2411 02:12:15.399 --> 02:12:18.359 for the myr lemon you're in Montgomery. You need to 2412 02:12:18.439 --> 02:12:19.760 go out to the east side of town to a 2413 02:12:19.880 --> 02:12:24.600 NA Plants and produce, Yes, sir, they carry They carry 2414 02:12:24.600 --> 02:12:27.199 every fertilizer I talk about on the garden line, including 2415 02:12:27.920 --> 02:12:31.399 the microlife products that would be for like fruit and 2416 02:12:31.520 --> 02:12:35.520 centrius type things. Now you can use the microlife's on there. 2417 02:12:36.000 --> 02:12:38.479 You can use any of them all. But that that 2418 02:12:39.159 --> 02:12:41.199 was where I would go to an A Plants and 2419 02:12:41.239 --> 02:12:42.079 produce to get that. 2420 02:12:42.560 --> 02:12:43.920 I don't sound like the plants. 2421 02:12:45.880 --> 02:12:49.720 The mushrooms are just part of nature. When we often 2422 02:12:49.760 --> 02:12:51.720 see mushrooms, like when we get into fall and we 2423 02:12:51.760 --> 02:12:53.560 get a little cool front come through in some rain, 2424 02:12:53.800 --> 02:12:56.520 mushrooms will pop everywhere and it's. 2425 02:12:56.479 --> 02:12:58.239 Just everywhere out here. 2426 02:13:00.079 --> 02:13:03.760 Yeah, well there aren't hurting anything. 2427 02:13:04.119 --> 02:13:06.600 Uh and and so we have fourteen rain out here 2428 02:13:06.640 --> 02:13:09.520 in the past since this past they lose. 2429 02:13:12.760 --> 02:13:15.760 That's a lot of lot of brother vegetable garden. Turn 2430 02:13:15.840 --> 02:13:18.399 your vegetable garden into a rice paddy. It sounds like 2431 02:13:18.520 --> 02:13:19.000 out there. 2432 02:13:18.960 --> 02:13:22.199 Ye know, my sprinkler are all sprinkler are all. 2433 02:13:22.520 --> 02:13:25.520 Yeah, Well that's a good thing. You're doing the right 2434 02:13:25.560 --> 02:13:26.000 thing there. 2435 02:13:25.880 --> 02:13:27.439 And all you're up against some break. You have a 2436 02:13:27.520 --> 02:13:30.479 great day, so you can't you have a great day, sir, 2437 02:13:30.560 --> 02:13:32.920 God bless you by bye. 2438 02:13:33.000 --> 02:13:35.960 All right, you take care. Don't don't worry about those mushrooms. 2439 02:13:36.199 --> 02:13:39.760 If you have mushrooms, here's my recommendations. A. Don't worry 2440 02:13:39.760 --> 02:13:42.239 about them. B. Find a golf club and have some fun. 2441 02:13:42.960 --> 02:13:46.720 Uh see, Remember that what they are is there the 2442 02:13:46.840 --> 02:13:50.520 fruiting body of something that was growing underground, and is 2443 02:13:50.600 --> 02:13:53.800 there all the time right now in your yard. If 2444 02:13:53.840 --> 02:13:56.880 you don't see a single mushroom, there are fungi living 2445 02:13:57.479 --> 02:14:01.159 in the decaying organic matter on top of and underground, 2446 02:14:01.920 --> 02:14:04.119 and when the weather is right, you get these things 2447 02:14:04.159 --> 02:14:06.600 popping up. And there are many kinds of hundreds and 2448 02:14:06.760 --> 02:14:09.279 hundreds of kinds of mushrooms we can have around our landscape. 2449 02:14:10.439 --> 02:14:13.319 That's part of how nature turns organic matter into soil. 2450 02:14:13.359 --> 02:14:16.359 Think about a forest. It's been there for one hundred 2451 02:14:16.479 --> 02:14:19.640 thousands of years. You think about that, and how does 2452 02:14:19.800 --> 02:14:23.560 that not be two miles deep in tree trunks. You 2453 02:14:23.640 --> 02:14:25.840 can thank fungi for that. We'll be right back. 2454 02:14:29.880 --> 02:14:30.319 Than you are. 2455 02:14:30.560 --> 02:14:34.239 Old Houston's News, Why there are traffic plus freaking news 2456 02:14:34.359 --> 02:14:37.880 twenty four to seven. This is US Radio seven forty 2457 02:14:38.039 --> 02:14:40.000 KTRH five everywhere. 2458 02:14:40.119 --> 02:14:41.079 Boyd the IRP. 2459 02:14:41.840 --> 02:14:45.600 More of what's happening now from the John Morris Services Studios. 2460 02:14:45.720 --> 02:14:48.159 A new fire chief for the city. I'm Jarre at 2461 02:14:48.199 --> 02:14:51.079 Lewis six nine thirty on news radio seven forty KRH 2462 02:14:51.279 --> 02:14:55.560 with traffic and weather together. Here's Gary Macks perfectly so 2463 02:14:55.840 --> 02:14:57.880 in the right lane of the sixteen sand Flupe you 2464 02:14:57.920 --> 02:14:59.840 spanund A forty five the Gold Freeway and a couple 2465 02:14:59.840 --> 02:15:00.880 of crashes too. 2466 02:15:01.279 --> 02:15:03.880 Back to it in the Katie Freeway in the Manage 2467 02:15:03.960 --> 02:15:06.960 lanes again westbound, affecting travel on the connector to the 2468 02:15:07.039 --> 02:15:11.479 West Sand Houston Tollway. Doctor Bob in Spring, Hello Bob, 2469 02:15:11.960 --> 02:15:12.680 Welcome to garden. 2470 02:15:13.800 --> 02:15:14.079 Morning. 2471 02:15:16.199 --> 02:15:22.439 Hi. I garden and squirrels are getting in it, and 2472 02:15:22.640 --> 02:15:25.840 birds and whatever. So then I put plastic pipe and 2473 02:15:25.960 --> 02:15:29.439 hoops and put down chicken ware on those and they 2474 02:15:29.520 --> 02:15:34.119 close the thing. And everything I planted in there is 2475 02:15:34.239 --> 02:15:39.920 being eating tomatoes, squash, you know, you name it. They 2476 02:15:39.960 --> 02:15:43.039 eat the bugs off before it ever gets to grow. 2477 02:15:43.800 --> 02:15:45.720 I was wondering what kind of critters I might be 2478 02:15:45.840 --> 02:15:47.239 galing north on how to get rid of them. 2479 02:15:49.399 --> 02:15:51.840 So what you're seeing now is just the loss of 2480 02:15:51.920 --> 02:15:54.439 buds or are you seeing the leaves eating off? 2481 02:15:56.760 --> 02:15:56.880 Uh? 2482 02:15:57.920 --> 02:15:58.840 It's more of the buds. 2483 02:16:00.600 --> 02:16:07.680 Okay, well tomatoes une. Yeah, tomatoes will abort their buds 2484 02:16:07.960 --> 02:16:11.399 for different reasons if they hit the bloom stage. The 2485 02:16:11.600 --> 02:16:18.600 temperatures that we typically experience in late spring through summer, 2486 02:16:18.720 --> 02:16:21.840 basically summer temperatures, it's too hot from set fruit and 2487 02:16:21.840 --> 02:16:25.199 they just fall those buds fall off. Other stresses can 2488 02:16:25.319 --> 02:16:28.600 cause a boarding of the buds, but I think probably 2489 02:16:28.720 --> 02:16:33.280 temperatures that. Now on the on the squashing things, I 2490 02:16:33.440 --> 02:16:39.399 can't think of anything that would eat a bud off 2491 02:16:39.479 --> 02:16:42.520 of a squash plant because well they don't they don't 2492 02:16:42.559 --> 02:16:44.920 have buds per se. They they either have a little 2493 02:16:44.920 --> 02:16:48.079 baby squash that hadn't opened the flower and been pollinated yet, 2494 02:16:48.440 --> 02:16:50.040 or have a male flower. 2495 02:16:50.680 --> 02:16:50.799 Uh. 2496 02:16:50.959 --> 02:16:53.079 And so you got to have both of those to 2497 02:16:53.159 --> 02:16:57.079 get pollinated. Sometimes we see rots that occur on the 2498 02:16:57.159 --> 02:16:59.879 belly button end of those little baby squash that haven't 2499 02:17:00.000 --> 02:17:02.959 already started to grow yet or even after they start 2500 02:17:03.040 --> 02:17:06.079 to grow, and that's a disease, fungal disease brought on 2501 02:17:06.200 --> 02:17:13.399 by wet conditions, uh to water it too much, uh yeah, 2502 02:17:13.719 --> 02:17:17.559 splashing rain typically and the kind of temperatures that we have, 2503 02:17:17.799 --> 02:17:23.360 the warm, muggy, warm temperatures. The disease is called chow 2504 02:17:23.360 --> 02:17:25.799 an offer or rot and but the only way to 2505 02:17:26.319 --> 02:17:29.120 most people ignore it. They pick off the little whiskery 2506 02:17:29.479 --> 02:17:33.280 rotting squashes and throw them away somewhere and go on. 2507 02:17:33.559 --> 02:17:36.600 And when the temperature, when the rain and stuff stopped, 2508 02:17:36.639 --> 02:17:39.719 then you start getting regular squashed. You can spray for 2509 02:17:39.840 --> 02:17:42.760 it ahead of time, but most gardeners don't want to 2510 02:17:42.760 --> 02:17:45.399 apply fungicides all the time just in case it might 2511 02:17:45.479 --> 02:17:45.920 show up. 2512 02:17:48.840 --> 02:17:51.799 So fungicide, okay, that kind of stuff. 2513 02:17:53.799 --> 02:17:58.440 If you got it on ahead of time, Like well, yeah, 2514 02:17:58.520 --> 02:18:00.680 I'm saying, most people ignore it, just pick off the 2515 02:18:00.760 --> 02:18:03.040 loss and go on. But if you want to spray 2516 02:18:03.479 --> 02:18:05.360 right when it quits raining, you got to spray a 2517 02:18:05.440 --> 02:18:09.639 fund side on on the squash fruit down at the 2518 02:18:09.680 --> 02:18:13.639 base there, so that when the disease tries to infect 2519 02:18:13.840 --> 02:18:17.079 in those wet conditions, it protects it. If you do 2520 02:18:17.120 --> 02:18:19.639 it before the rain, it just washes off what you sprayed. 2521 02:18:21.399 --> 02:18:25.440 Okay, yeah, you know there's a well other things replaying 2522 02:18:25.520 --> 02:18:29.120 in there, you know, just something's eating all the buds 2523 02:18:29.159 --> 02:18:30.239 off of all sorts of stuff. 2524 02:18:32.840 --> 02:18:36.639 Well, you know what, could you send me some pictures 2525 02:18:36.879 --> 02:18:40.000 of the thing, because a general like things aren't a 2526 02:18:40.079 --> 02:18:43.879 budget get eaten. If they're truly being eaten, it's probably 2527 02:18:44.000 --> 02:18:47.200 a caterpillar, but it could be a beetle, it could 2528 02:18:47.239 --> 02:18:49.680 be a grasshopper, it could be a slug or a snail, 2529 02:18:50.559 --> 02:18:52.879 but probably a caterpillar. But if you'll send me some 2530 02:18:53.200 --> 02:18:56.719 pictures up close of what you're seeing, I'm going to 2531 02:18:56.799 --> 02:19:00.159 put you on hold and have Nick pick up the 2532 02:19:00.280 --> 02:19:02.639 phone and give you an email to send pictures to. 2533 02:19:02.799 --> 02:19:04.440 I'll take a look at them and see what I 2534 02:19:04.559 --> 02:19:07.680 might be missing. But that's pretty much, Bob, what I'm 2535 02:19:07.719 --> 02:19:09.479 able to tell you. Now, just hang on just for 2536 02:19:09.479 --> 02:19:11.719 a second. We're going to get you here on hold. 2537 02:19:13.000 --> 02:19:15.559 For those of you up in the Tombol area, you're 2538 02:19:15.559 --> 02:19:18.120 looking for a feed store, and it's out west of 2539 02:19:18.200 --> 02:19:20.399 Tombald twenty nine to twenty. There's a lot of new 2540 02:19:20.440 --> 02:19:23.680 neighborhoods going in out there. D and De Feed is 2541 02:19:24.239 --> 02:19:28.920 your hometown feed store. You're going to find Nitropos fertilizers there. 2542 02:19:29.040 --> 02:19:31.760 They're going to have things like sweet Green that you 2543 02:19:31.840 --> 02:19:34.600 heard me talk about, or super Turf or the Imperial 2544 02:19:34.799 --> 02:19:37.639 and a lot of other things. They're gonna have the barricade. 2545 02:19:37.680 --> 02:19:40.920 They're going to also have things like leaf moore compost 2546 02:19:41.079 --> 02:19:45.360 and heirloom rose soil, and fruit and berry and citrus mixes, 2547 02:19:45.440 --> 02:19:48.360 and veggie and herb mixes from heirloom soils. They're going 2548 02:19:48.399 --> 02:19:51.639 to carry the microlife products pretty much what you would 2549 02:19:51.680 --> 02:19:53.440 need for your garden. You're going to find it. D 2550 02:19:53.520 --> 02:19:56.120 and DE Feed. Their phone number is two eight one 2551 02:19:56.479 --> 02:19:59.920 three five one seventy one forty four. When you're in there, 2552 02:20:00.559 --> 02:20:03.840 you hear me talk about snail bait. Earlier I talked 2553 02:20:03.840 --> 02:20:06.559 about you know, we're talking about all funge asides for 2554 02:20:07.000 --> 02:20:10.440 this last call. All of that at D and D Feed. 2555 02:20:10.639 --> 02:20:13.200 They're west of tombul on twenty nine to twenty, just 2556 02:20:13.280 --> 02:20:15.280 a little bit out of town there on the left 2557 02:20:15.319 --> 02:20:17.360 hand side. You need to stop in. They have a 2558 02:20:17.680 --> 02:20:20.719 selection of plants from time to time out front and 2559 02:20:20.799 --> 02:20:22.639 it's just a great place to shop and they treat 2560 02:20:22.680 --> 02:20:26.520 you right. That's really really important. I want to head 2561 02:20:26.559 --> 02:20:31.879 out now to Huffman, Texas. We're going to talk to Jerry. Hello, Jerry, Hey, 2562 02:20:31.959 --> 02:20:36.079 how you doing. I'm good sir. How can we help? 2563 02:20:37.159 --> 02:20:41.000 Well, you were talking about mushrooms and we got a 2564 02:20:41.079 --> 02:20:43.840 bunch of them goes up in my yard and my 2565 02:20:43.959 --> 02:20:46.959 wife She says that the person I said, they'll kill 2566 02:20:47.040 --> 02:20:49.559 my little dog if you eat some. And I want 2567 02:20:49.600 --> 02:20:51.319 to know from you, what do you think. 2568 02:20:53.959 --> 02:20:55.559 I think you ought to call a bet about that, 2569 02:20:56.360 --> 02:20:59.239 to be honest, because I'm not an expert. Some mushrooms 2570 02:20:59.280 --> 02:21:00.639 are poisonous, not all. 2571 02:21:01.360 --> 02:21:01.479 Uh. 2572 02:21:01.719 --> 02:21:03.760 Some just taste the bad things, don't eat them. 2573 02:21:04.200 --> 02:21:04.360 Uh. 2574 02:21:04.879 --> 02:21:08.559 But you know the problem is, there's ten bazillion different 2575 02:21:08.600 --> 02:21:11.319 types of fungi mushrooms out there in the environment, and 2576 02:21:11.879 --> 02:21:14.399 it's hard to paint with a brush, you know, as 2577 02:21:14.520 --> 02:21:20.399 to as to what will happen. But that could help you. Yeah, 2578 02:21:20.440 --> 02:21:23.159 I understand that. Well, what you could do is the 2579 02:21:23.200 --> 02:21:26.040 minute one pops up, just go break it off, get 2580 02:21:26.159 --> 02:21:26.479 rid of it. 2581 02:21:26.920 --> 02:21:27.040 Uh. 2582 02:21:27.200 --> 02:21:31.239 And after this weather pattern passes, you shouldn't see as 2583 02:21:31.319 --> 02:21:33.319 many until we get to fall and have some cool 2584 02:21:33.360 --> 02:21:35.280 weather in a rain and rain comes back. 2585 02:21:36.920 --> 02:21:40.000 Odd mane Well, I'll call the big neck Jim and 2586 02:21:40.079 --> 02:21:43.479 then probably tell me the same thing. Take some picture. 2587 02:21:43.639 --> 02:21:49.239 Some say, I don't know how to do that, odd bro? Thanks, okay, good. 2588 02:21:49.159 --> 02:21:50.600 Well, well, I just. 2589 02:21:52.280 --> 02:21:55.879 Yeah, it's just there's so many kinds of mushrooms, you know, Jerry. 2590 02:21:56.399 --> 02:21:56.520 Uh. 2591 02:21:56.840 --> 02:21:58.959 They there are people that go out in the woods 2592 02:21:59.000 --> 02:22:02.239 and they find ushrooms to eat, and they have to 2593 02:22:02.280 --> 02:22:05.639 be able to know the difference between poisonous and not poisonous. 2594 02:22:06.159 --> 02:22:11.360 And there's a saying that there that when people get 2595 02:22:11.399 --> 02:22:13.559 out there and they start picking things and trying them 2596 02:22:13.600 --> 02:22:15.760 and they don't know what they are, it may be 2597 02:22:15.879 --> 02:22:18.360 okay or it may not be. They say, there's old 2598 02:22:18.639 --> 02:22:22.479 mushroom hunters, and there's bold mushroom hunters, but there aren't 2599 02:22:22.559 --> 02:22:26.479 any old bold mushroom hunters. You see what I'm saying. 2600 02:22:26.840 --> 02:22:29.760 So you got to be careful with that as you're 2601 02:22:29.799 --> 02:22:35.280 doing all you bet absolutely, Hey, thank you for the call. 2602 02:22:35.360 --> 02:22:36.920 All right, folks, we're going to go to break here 2603 02:22:37.000 --> 02:22:39.079 if you like the number seven one three two one 2604 02:22:39.159 --> 02:22:45.000 two kt r A a beautiful, bountiful garden and landscape. 2605 02:22:45.079 --> 02:22:48.200 That is the goal. And you know we I say 2606 02:22:48.319 --> 02:22:50.360 on garden line all the time, there's no such thing 2607 02:22:50.399 --> 02:22:53.479 as brown thumbs. There's uninformed thumbs. And our goal here 2608 02:22:53.559 --> 02:22:55.920 is to inform your thumb and you can watch it 2609 02:22:55.959 --> 02:22:58.239 turn green when you have the facts. When you know 2610 02:22:58.360 --> 02:22:59.879 how to plant, when you know how to start with 2611 02:23:00.040 --> 02:23:02.959 the soil, remember, and you know how to pick good plants, 2612 02:23:03.120 --> 02:23:06.760 and you know basically the simple things that plants need 2613 02:23:06.840 --> 02:23:10.079 to have success. You just get greener and greener in 2614 02:23:10.200 --> 02:23:12.879 that thumb, it just gets better and better. That's why 2615 02:23:12.920 --> 02:23:15.040 we're That's why we're here. That's what we're trying to 2616 02:23:15.120 --> 02:23:18.520 do because gardening is a fun hobby. It ought to 2617 02:23:18.600 --> 02:23:22.120 be enjoyable. Some people say, I tried gardening and I failed. No, 2618 02:23:22.239 --> 02:23:26.719 you didn't fail. You quit. We all have times who fail. 2619 02:23:27.120 --> 02:23:30.000 One of the most well known horticulturists in the country 2620 02:23:30.680 --> 02:23:33.280 from the over east of here in North Carolina direction. 2621 02:23:33.440 --> 02:23:36.079 He said, to be a good horticulturist, she got to 2622 02:23:36.159 --> 02:23:39.719 kill a lot of plants. And I would agree with that. 2623 02:23:40.600 --> 02:23:43.040 That's how that's part of how we learn. And sometimes 2624 02:23:43.159 --> 02:23:45.760 nature throws us a curve. But you don't fail, you 2625 02:23:45.879 --> 02:23:48.440 just quit. So don't quit. We can help you have success. 2626 02:23:48.840 --> 02:23:51.520 Give us call seven one three, two one two fifty 2627 02:23:51.600 --> 02:23:54.440 eight seventy four and we can help you do just that. 2628 02:23:55.040 --> 02:23:57.399 Now you've heard me talk about ACE Hardware stores before. 2629 02:23:58.000 --> 02:24:02.079 Ace Hardware is all over the Southeast Texas area. In factor, 2630 02:24:02.120 --> 02:24:04.600 in the Greater Houston area, there's forty Ace Hardware stores. 2631 02:24:05.159 --> 02:24:08.120 It's really easy. You just go to the website Acehardware 2632 02:24:08.440 --> 02:24:12.600 Dot com find the store locator, it'll well know, can 2633 02:24:12.680 --> 02:24:14.719 I use where you are and say yes, and it'll 2634 02:24:14.920 --> 02:24:16.239 give it to you. Or you can type in a 2635 02:24:16.399 --> 02:24:18.760 zip code or something and it'll show you all the 2636 02:24:18.840 --> 02:24:21.559 stores around you. And ACE Hardware is where you're going 2637 02:24:21.600 --> 02:24:24.280 to find every fertilizer I talk about on guard Line. 2638 02:24:24.600 --> 02:24:26.600 It's where you're going to find the pest, disease and 2639 02:24:26.680 --> 02:24:30.040 weed management, whether it's organic or synthetic. On guard Line, 2640 02:24:30.360 --> 02:24:32.680 where you're going to find tools, where you're gonna find 2641 02:24:32.680 --> 02:24:37.040 everything you want to make that outdoor area enjoyable. Quality 2642 02:24:37.440 --> 02:24:42.840 barbecue companies like Big Green Egg and Treyger and Weber 2643 02:24:43.000 --> 02:24:46.520 and others. There's all kinds of equipment to go with that. 2644 02:24:46.719 --> 02:24:50.760 There's everything to make that outdoor sitting area wonderful, including 2645 02:24:51.120 --> 02:24:54.079 right now then rain and right what does that mean? 2646 02:24:54.159 --> 02:24:57.719 Two things. Mosquitos are on their way. It doesn't take 2647 02:24:57.760 --> 02:24:59.559 them long, just a few days and next thing you know, 2648 02:24:59.600 --> 02:25:02.719 you got to new crop and fire ance. They'll pop 2649 02:25:02.840 --> 02:25:06.120 up out of the ground. When you see this kind 2650 02:25:06.159 --> 02:25:08.319 of rain. What you didn't even know you had a 2651 02:25:08.399 --> 02:25:10.920 colony underground and all of a sudden, here comes the 2652 02:25:11.000 --> 02:25:13.440 soil up high. As they're building up above the water 2653 02:25:14.200 --> 02:25:17.239 to come up. ACE can cover it. Get a good 2654 02:25:17.440 --> 02:25:21.040 quality bait. Start with a bait for fire ants from ACE, 2655 02:25:21.200 --> 02:25:23.600 and you can shut those things down. You just put 2656 02:25:23.639 --> 02:25:26.879 a sprinkle here and there. There's synthetic baits and organic baits, 2657 02:25:26.920 --> 02:25:30.760 but even the synthetics, you're putting so little product out 2658 02:25:30.879 --> 02:25:33.079 and it's such a low level. It didn't if it 2659 02:25:33.200 --> 02:25:35.559 was strong in sex sight, it would kill the ant 2660 02:25:35.639 --> 02:25:37.120 that picked it up and it would never make it 2661 02:25:37.200 --> 02:25:40.520 back to the colony. But it's a very slow, gradual 2662 02:25:40.600 --> 02:25:43.520 acting shut that queen down. Shut things down. ACE has 2663 02:25:43.559 --> 02:25:47.159 got that. Ace also has mosquita dunks to put in 2664 02:25:47.319 --> 02:25:51.319 water to stop the mosquito larva from turning into adults. 2665 02:25:51.840 --> 02:25:55.200 ACE has got foggers. Ace has got you know, any 2666 02:25:55.319 --> 02:25:59.000 kind of repellent. They have it all. Ace is a 2667 02:25:59.079 --> 02:26:03.319 place makes your outdoor area even more enjoyable, and with 2668 02:26:03.479 --> 02:26:05.760 forty stores, it's not hard to find one near you. 2669 02:26:06.120 --> 02:26:08.000 So those mosquito dunks are an important one. 2670 02:26:08.079 --> 02:26:08.200 You know. 2671 02:26:08.319 --> 02:26:10.639 Though some people have asked me, well will that hurt 2672 02:26:11.079 --> 02:26:14.079 birds and fish? And no, no, and no, it won't 2673 02:26:14.120 --> 02:26:15.840 hurt your pets. It won't hurt the birds, it won't 2674 02:26:15.920 --> 02:26:18.280 hit the fish. It won't hurt a grasshopper, it won't 2675 02:26:18.319 --> 02:26:22.600 hurt a ladybug. The reason is it's a disease of 2676 02:26:22.879 --> 02:26:28.040 mosquito larvae. So you can relax, you can rest assured. 2677 02:26:28.520 --> 02:26:30.600 Throw it up in an old hollow tree area where 2678 02:26:30.639 --> 02:26:33.760 it stands in water. That's where mosquitoes are breeding. Toss 2679 02:26:33.799 --> 02:26:35.719 them up in that gutter that's hanging a little low. 2680 02:26:35.760 --> 02:26:39.559 You haven't fixed yet, where water stands, mosquitoes are breeding. 2681 02:26:39.760 --> 02:26:41.879 Put them underneath the catch bases. Put them in your 2682 02:26:43.520 --> 02:26:47.040 bird bath. I mean, wherever you got a little pond 2683 02:26:47.120 --> 02:26:50.319 that doesn't drain well, back in the area it's poorly 2684 02:26:50.440 --> 02:26:53.360 drained soil, throw some mosquito dunks or some break them 2685 02:26:53.440 --> 02:26:55.840 up into granules and throw them in there, and you 2686 02:26:55.920 --> 02:26:58.639 will shut it down. It's a great product. I mean, 2687 02:26:58.680 --> 02:27:01.399 there are very few products that are safe as mosquita dunks. 2688 02:27:01.959 --> 02:27:04.280 We're going to head now out to Memorial and talk 2689 02:27:04.360 --> 02:27:07.280 to a Lane. Hello, Elaine, Welcome to garden Line. 2690 02:27:07.280 --> 02:27:10.600 Good mornings, Good good morning, good morning. You probably have 2691 02:27:10.680 --> 02:27:13.719 a pretty simple answer to this question. But we lost 2692 02:27:13.799 --> 02:27:18.040 two trees and had the stumps ground. They were able 2693 02:27:18.120 --> 02:27:22.639 to evacuate most all the sawdust. So now we're just 2694 02:27:22.760 --> 02:27:28.120 left with two piles of yard dirt. So is there 2695 02:27:28.200 --> 02:27:31.159 any is there any best use of that? 2696 02:27:34.000 --> 02:27:36.559 Well, you can do a number of things to it. 2697 02:27:36.959 --> 02:27:43.399 If it were mine, I don't know's If it's mostly chips, 2698 02:27:43.520 --> 02:27:46.159 I would probably use it as a mulch in beds 2699 02:27:46.239 --> 02:27:49.600 and things. It'll decompose away and do that. If it's 2700 02:27:49.600 --> 02:27:51.280 got a lot of soil in it, you could pot 2701 02:27:51.319 --> 02:27:53.319 it up and let it decompose and you would end 2702 02:27:53.399 --> 02:27:57.120 up with a really rich soilmex that could be used 2703 02:27:57.239 --> 02:28:00.239 in a lot of places around the landscape. If you 2704 02:28:00.280 --> 02:28:02.079 don't want to see it sitting there and don't have 2705 02:28:02.159 --> 02:28:05.399 a place to put it like that, then you can 2706 02:28:05.879 --> 02:28:08.959 also try to filter out some of the chips and 2707 02:28:09.280 --> 02:28:12.040 just get the soil out of it. It depends on 2708 02:28:12.120 --> 02:28:13.840 how much trouble you want to go to a lane. 2709 02:28:14.559 --> 02:28:17.319 Tell what I did is I built a little I 2710 02:28:17.440 --> 02:28:20.079 took two by fours and made a little frame that 2711 02:28:20.239 --> 02:28:24.120 sits on top of my wheelbarrow. So a picture a 2712 02:28:24.239 --> 02:28:27.719 capital letter H, except two bars in the middle instead 2713 02:28:27.719 --> 02:28:33.000 of one, and they're separated. So those long ends sit 2714 02:28:33.079 --> 02:28:36.840 on the sides of the wheelbarrow and the box is inside. 2715 02:28:37.280 --> 02:28:39.600 And I put a half inch hardware cloth underneath it. 2716 02:28:39.639 --> 02:28:41.760 That's the stuff they put underneath the rabbit cage for 2717 02:28:41.840 --> 02:28:45.639 the rabbits to hop around on. Half inch and I'll 2718 02:28:45.719 --> 02:28:48.159 use it to screen compost. I'll use it to screen. 2719 02:28:48.200 --> 02:28:50.399 I think you could put those chips in there. You 2720 02:28:50.479 --> 02:28:53.000 set them in. You just take shovelfuls of it, shake 2721 02:28:53.079 --> 02:28:58.040 it around and then dump the stuff out of the screen. 2722 02:28:58.879 --> 02:29:01.959 That's all wood chips, and you can use it around 2723 02:29:02.000 --> 02:29:04.719 your landscape and then the soil you've sifted out. So 2724 02:29:04.840 --> 02:29:07.319 there's a lot of options depending on how much trouble 2725 02:29:07.360 --> 02:29:10.959 you want to go to. But that is it's probably 2726 02:29:11.000 --> 02:29:14.600 good soil, and it's certainly a good mulching top material. 2727 02:29:16.040 --> 02:29:19.000 Well, we have some low spots in the landscaping where 2728 02:29:19.040 --> 02:29:23.479 we've lost trees before and the soil keeps thinking and 2729 02:29:24.200 --> 02:29:28.879 so we could also use that as a fill and periodically, right. 2730 02:29:30.120 --> 02:29:33.520 You could, Yes, you could. The problem is that any 2731 02:29:33.680 --> 02:29:36.639 fill as it decomposes is going to sink down again, 2732 02:29:37.200 --> 02:29:40.280 and that's where screening out the chips and using just 2733 02:29:40.440 --> 02:29:43.719 the soil would be better. And if you use both 2734 02:29:43.760 --> 02:29:46.520 of them, I would pile it up like a picture's 2735 02:29:46.600 --> 02:29:49.399 mound in a low area so now it's a high area, 2736 02:29:50.120 --> 02:29:54.520 and let's say six inches high, because it's going to 2737 02:29:54.559 --> 02:29:56.879 settle down and then it'll be more level when it's 2738 02:29:56.920 --> 02:30:01.280 all said and done, right right, Okay, Yeah, it just 2739 02:30:01.680 --> 02:30:05.120 you know, it really comes down to a lane. How much? Yeah, 2740 02:30:05.200 --> 02:30:07.239 well it comes You said it was going to be simple, 2741 02:30:07.280 --> 02:30:11.200 and I made it complex. But it all comes down 2742 02:30:11.239 --> 02:30:14.719 to how much wood, what percent would what percent soil 2743 02:30:14.879 --> 02:30:15.680 is in that pile? 2744 02:30:16.600 --> 02:30:19.319 If it's fifty fifty, pretty good at getting all the 2745 02:30:19.399 --> 02:30:21.719 wood out, wood chips. I can't even tell you that 2746 02:30:21.799 --> 02:30:22.959 there are wood chips in there? 2747 02:30:24.159 --> 02:30:26.079 They have, is it? 2748 02:30:27.600 --> 02:30:30.200 And they were they were the vacuum was sucking up 2749 02:30:30.280 --> 02:30:34.760 all the sawdust as they ground. Okay, so really pretty 2750 02:30:34.840 --> 02:30:36.799 much what were left with is yard soil. 2751 02:30:39.200 --> 02:30:41.760 All right, Well, there you go. That's that's what I 2752 02:30:41.799 --> 02:30:44.079 would do with it. I still would pile it a 2753 02:30:44.159 --> 02:30:48.000 little higher than level, because anytime you dig up soil 2754 02:30:48.079 --> 02:30:51.879 and loosen it, then it sinks down. It settles, of course, 2755 02:30:52.000 --> 02:30:54.760 and so even if this was one hundred percent soil, 2756 02:30:54.879 --> 02:30:58.159 I would make it just two or three inches higher 2757 02:30:58.639 --> 02:30:59.879 because it is going to settle in. 2758 02:31:00.000 --> 02:31:03.319 All right, Well. 2759 02:31:03.239 --> 02:31:07.479 Thank you so much, skimp, all right, thank you Elene. 2760 02:31:07.520 --> 02:31:11.920 I appreciate the call very much. All Right, folks, well 2761 02:31:12.040 --> 02:31:14.760 we are out of time here today, not time to 2762 02:31:15.079 --> 02:31:17.719 take another call. I do want to remind you of 2763 02:31:17.799 --> 02:31:22.600 a few things coming up On Saturday, August tenth. A 2764 02:31:22.760 --> 02:31:29.280 group called Obahba Organic Horticulture Benefits Alliance is going to 2765 02:31:29.360 --> 02:31:32.399 have their big annual event. And this is quite the 2766 02:31:32.479 --> 02:31:36.559 shindig that's the official term for it, shindig Oba Palooza. 2767 02:31:36.879 --> 02:31:39.559 Doesn't that sound like a shindig Oba palues. This is 2768 02:31:39.600 --> 02:31:42.040 a third annual one. It's an organic fair and workshop. 2769 02:31:42.120 --> 02:31:45.520 It'll be Saturday, August tenth from eight am to three 2770 02:31:45.520 --> 02:31:48.159 point thirty pm. It'll go all day. They're going to 2771 02:31:48.239 --> 02:31:52.360 have all kinds of excellent speakers there. Brad Phillips and 2772 02:31:52.479 --> 02:31:58.280 Arborist will be there. Doctor Mila McManus very into understanding 2773 02:31:58.440 --> 02:32:01.719 health and our bodies and how what we eat affects 2774 02:32:01.840 --> 02:32:05.479 us Chaz Doughdary. Doctor Joe Novak. Doctor Novak, he was 2775 02:32:05.600 --> 02:32:10.200 my vegetable professor when I went through a and m 2776 02:32:10.440 --> 02:32:12.680 Neither Joe or I'll talk about how long ago that was. 2777 02:32:12.840 --> 02:32:15.280 But doctor Novak will be there. You will not find 2778 02:32:15.280 --> 02:32:18.319 anyone that knows more about organic Gardening and Vegetables and 2779 02:32:18.399 --> 02:32:22.239 doctor Novak, Glenn Ols and Diana Liga, John Ferguson from 2780 02:32:22.559 --> 02:32:26.760 Nature's Way Resources. The Man himself will be there, Brianna 2781 02:32:26.840 --> 02:32:31.239 Burns and Diana Wilson, Mike Saram from micro Life Fertilizer, 2782 02:32:31.799 --> 02:32:34.639 Aaron Mills, Chris Christy Doolan. I don't have time to 2783 02:32:34.680 --> 02:32:38.760 go into all these Justin Duncan Doctor Moore, borden Brugen. 2784 02:32:38.840 --> 02:32:43.239 I can't say borden Brugen. H he is the expert 2785 02:32:43.559 --> 02:32:47.520 on eating wild things. What can you eat that is 2786 02:32:47.600 --> 02:32:48.239 in nature? 2787 02:32:48.680 --> 02:32:48.840 You know? 2788 02:32:48.920 --> 02:32:49.280 How do you? 2789 02:32:50.239 --> 02:32:53.719 He's got a website. Oh gosh, it's outstanding. You got 2790 02:32:53.799 --> 02:32:57.840 to go hear the guy. He's very entertaining, extremely knowledgeable. 2791 02:32:58.079 --> 02:33:01.239 The w W two headliners, three different concurrent sessions. I 2792 02:33:01.280 --> 02:33:06.200 mean there's going to be education, education and education on organics. 2793 02:33:06.920 --> 02:33:12.159 Lots of opportunities to network. Obapalooza at the Greater Houston 2794 02:33:12.399 --> 02:33:17.040 United Way on WAW Drive, Saturday, August tenth, from eight 2795 02:33:17.079 --> 02:33:21.079 am to three point thirty pm. Go to obaonline dot 2796 02:33:21.239 --> 02:33:22.399 org for tickets